Table 3 Frequency of distribution of atherosclerotic lesions by age
Lesion absent | Lesion present | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | Age frequency | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Total number of lesions | |||||||
0 | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IV | |||
20–24 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
25–29 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
30–34 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
35–39 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
40–44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
45–49 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
50–54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
55–59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
60–64 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
65–69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
70–74 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
TOTAL | 30 | 64 | 54 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 176 |