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To examine the relation between selected foods and acute myocardial infarction in women. Case-control study conducted over five years. 30 Hospitals with coronary care units in northern Italy. 287 Women who had had an acute myocardial infarction (median age 49, range 22-69 years) and 649 controls with acute disorders unrelated to ischaemic heart disease (median age 50, range 21-69 years) admitted to hospital during 1983-9. Frequency of consumption of various foods and odds ratios of risks associated with these foods. The risk of acute myocardial infarction was directly associated with frequency of consumption of meat (odds ratio 1.5 for upper v lower thirds of consumption), ham and salami (1.4), butter (2.3), total fat added to food (1.6), and coffee (2.8). Significant inverse relations were observed for fish (0.6), carrots …