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July 22, 1999New England Journal of Medicine

Sex-Based Differences in Early Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

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Why the study?

Does female sex increase mortality during hospitalization after myocardial infarction compared to male sex?

Population

384,878 patients aged 30 to 89 years with myocardial infarction, enrolled in the National Registry of…

Comparison

Female sex vs Male sex

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

during hospitalization

Authors

VVViola VaccarinoLPLori ParsonsNENathan R. Every

Discussion

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Overview

Highlights younger women as higher-risk post-MI; extends age-sex interaction data but remains hypothesis-generating.

Structured PICO

Does female sex increase mortality during hospitalization after myocardial infarction compared to male sex?

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Population
384,878 patients (155,565 women and 229,313 men) aged 30 to 89 years with myocardial infarction, enrolled in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2. Excluded: patients transferred from or to other hospitals.
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Intervention
Female sex
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Comparator
Male sex
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Outcome
Mortality rate during hospitalizationhard clinical

Younger women experience significantly higher in-hospital mortality after myocardial infarction compared to men of the same age, highlighting a high-risk population requiring targeted attention.

Cite This Study

Vaccarino et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ffcb107e61d2a3f0c22edahttps://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199907223410401
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