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| The risk of hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction among older adults | | Author(s) | Fredric D Wolinsky, Kathleen W Wyrwich, Simon C Jung |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 54A, no 5, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp M254-261 |
| Keywords | Thrombosis ; Over 70s ; At risk ; Admission [hospitals] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Secondary analysis of the US Longitudinal Study on Aging (LSOA) was used, with baseline (1984) in-person interview data linked to Medicare hospital records for 1984-1991. Subjects were 6,071 non-institutionalised people aged 70 or older in 1984. Hospitalisations for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was defined as having primary discharge diagnoses including ICD9-CM 410 codes. Epidemiological risks were evaluated for everyone, and separately for men, women, self-respondents, those with no previous AMIs, and those with no history of coronary heart disease. Of the sample, 357 (5.9%; 172 women and 185 men) had at least one primary discharge diagnosis of AMI. Significant risk factors for being hospitalised with an AMI from the pooled analysis were male gender, minimum education, atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina, previous AMI, diabetes, and four or more lower body limitations. Men, especially those with low education, women with diabetes, angina, hypertension or lower body limitations, and either men or women with previous AMIs, coronary heart disease, or atherosclerosis have elevated risk for AMI resulting in hospitalisation, and should be considered for evaluation and monitoring. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825334 A |
| Classmark | CQJ: BBK: CA3: LD:QKH: 7T |
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