Atherosclerosis of the aorta and coronary arteries and myocardial infarction were studied post mortem in 390 males and 190 female cirrhotic subjects in the 5 towns. Comparison with the reference groups revealed that calcification of the aorta and coronary arteries was more frequent (in the case of males) and more extensive (in the case of males and females) in cirrhotics than in noncirrhotics. Raised and complicated lesions were not increased. Coronary stenosis (in females), fresh myocardial infarction (in both sexes), and large myocardial scar (in both sexes) were less frequent in cirrhotics. "Obesity" was similar in cirrhotics and non-cirrhotics.