THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TALL INDICATOR,AGE, GENDER & CARDIAC DISEASES

The study was conducted at Al- Taaleemy Hospital in Basra city , south of Iraq. The study aims to investigate the association between tall indicator , age , gender, and cardiac diseases. Researcher selected a descriptive design for the study lasted from October 15th 2015 to April 1st 2016 . The sample was 100 adult patients who were diagnosed with different heart diseases. Data were gathered by researcher through structural interview with patients and by the use of questionnaire which was consisted of two parts; part one consisted of informations about , age , gender, tall, and part two consisted of informations about heart diseases. Data collection lasted four months ( November 1st/ 2015 - March 1st/ 2016) .The researcher used frequency and percentage as statistical methods for analyzing of data.