I’m going to pump you up: love, your heart / Siti Aminah Mohamad Zali ... [et al.]

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) occurs due to the narrowing of heart arteries by plaque that provide blood to the heart muscle causing heart problems. This study was conducted to determine the significant factors that affect the presence of IHD and to classify the individual according to negative IHD and positive IHD. Discriminant analysis was used with independent variable age, BMI, medical family history, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, smoking status and diabetes mellitus. This research was performed in hospital with respondents that have been doing the medical checkup at Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. The result of this study revealed that the variables in this study which are family medical history, systolic blood pressure and diabetes mellitus can be used to predict the presence of IHD.