年轻妇女冠心病的发病率比年轻男子为低。Framingham地区的统计资料显示,45岁妇女在6年内发生冠心病的机率,是同年龄男子的五分之一(0.5％与4.4％之比)。虽然冠心病较少见于年青妇女,但作者的1000例60岁以下主诉胸痛妇女的资料显示, Young women have lower rates of coronary heart disease than younger men. Statistics from the Framingham area show that 45-year-old women have a 6-year chance of having coronary heart disease, which is one in five men (0.5% to 4.4%) of men of the same age. Although coronary heart disease is rare in young women, the data of 1000 women under 60 years of age who complain about chest pain are shown in the authors’