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(Circulation. 1959;20:1118.)
© 1959 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Atherosclerosis in the Bantu

JACK P. STRONG M.D.¹; JOHN WAINWRIGHT M.D.¹; HENRY C. MCGILL JR. M.D.¹

¹ From the Departments of Pathology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La., and Faculty of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.

The aortic lesions of atherosclerosis in Bantu, aged 1 to 40 years, have been studied in 241 autopsied cases from Durban, South Africa. The findings are compared with those from a similar study of white and Negro cases in New Orleans, La. The relationship of incidence and quantitative extent of aortic fatty streaks and fibrous plaques to race, environment, blood lipid levels, coagulation factors, and clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis is discussed.

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