Smoking and sex differences in first manifestation of cardiovascular disease

Smoking and sex differences in first manifestation of cardiovascular disease

An increasing proportion of women believe that smoking few cigarettes daily substantially reduces their risk of developing cardiovascular (CV) related disorders. The effect of low intensity smoking is still largely understudied. We investigated the relation among sex, age, cigarette smoking and ST s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Atherosclerosis 2021-08, Vol.330, p.43-51
Hauptverfasser: Vasiljevic, Zorana, Scarpone, Marialuisa, Bergami, Maria, Yoon, Jinsung, van der Schaar, Mihaela, Krljanac, Gordana, Asanin, Milika, Davidovic, Goran, Simovic, Stefan, Manfrini, Olivia, Mickovski-Katalina, Natasa, Badimon, Lina, Cenko, Edina, Bugiardini, Raffaele
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Sprache:eng
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Current smoking
Myocardial infarction
Sex differences
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Zusammenfassung:An increasing proportion of women believe that smoking few cigarettes daily substantially reduces their risk of developing cardiovascular (CV) related disorders. The effect of low intensity smoking is still largely understudied. We investigated the relation among sex, age, cigarette smoking and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as initial manifestation of CV disease. We analyzed data of 50,713 acute coronary syndrome patients with no prior manifestation of CV disease from the ISACS-Archives (NCT04008173) registry. We compared the rates of STEMI in current smokers (n = 11,530) versus nonsmokers (n = 39,183). In the young middle age group (
ISSN:0021-9150
1879-1484
DOI:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.06.909