Influence of Ethnicity, Age, and Time on Sex Disparities in Long‐Term Cause‐Specific Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Influence of Ethnicity, Age, and Time on Sex Disparities in Long‐Term Cause‐Specific Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction

BackgroundWe examined the influence of sex, ethnicity, and time on competing cardiovascular and noncardiovascular causes of death following acute myocardial infarction in a multiethnic Asian cohort. Methods and ResultsFor 12 years, we followed a prospective nationwide cohort of 15 151 patients (aged...

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Main Authors: Fei Gao, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Khung Keong Yeo, David Machin, Leonardo P. de Carvalho, Ling Ling Sim, Tian Hai Koh, David Foo, Hean Yee Ong, Khim Leng Tong, Huay Cheem Tan, Arul Earnest, Terrance Chua, Mark Yan Yee Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
acute myocardial infarction
age
ethnicity
sex disparity
time
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.003760

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