Reduced life expectancy after an incident hospital diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction — Effects of smoking in women and men

Abstract Background The aim was to investigate possible gender differences in the years of life lost after acute myocardial infarction (MI) and to explore how smoking affects life expectancy in the two genders. Methods In the years 1998–2005, 2281 patients (36.8% women) who were discharged from or d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of cardiology 2013-09, Vol.167 (6), p.2792-2797
Hauptverfasser:	Grundtvig, Morten, Hagen, Terje P, Amrud, Elin S, Reikvam, Åsmund
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Coronary heart disease Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Hospitalization - trends Humans Incidence Life Expectancy - trends Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies Risk Factors Sex Sex Characteristics Smoking Smoking - adverse effects Smoking - epidemiology Tobacco, tobacco smoking Toxicology
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