, 2002). A body mass index was also taken. Participants were then followed for eight years to track the incidence of myocardial infarction and death.

Conclusions of the Study

Results of this study demonstrated an incidence of 4.3% of myocardial infarctions of the total participants seven of which resulted in death (Malaviarachchi et al., 2002). There was no relationship between high intake of iron and hemeiron and increased risk for myocardial infarction in the present study. In fact, this study found that those participants with higher iron and hemeiron intake were at lower risk for myocardial infarction but the results did not demonstrate statistical significance Malaviarachchi et al., 2002). Therefore the concerns regarding the public health promotion of learn meat as an appropriate source of iron was invalidated.

The study did find relationships between age and health factors to be correlated to the development of myocardial infarction. As individual ages,...
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