April 1, 2008Angiology
Hierarchical Analysis of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Relation to the Development of Acute Coronary Syndromes, in Different Parts of Greece: The CARDIO2000 Study
Why the study?
Which cardiovascular risk factors are most strongly associated with the development of acute coronary syndromes in different regions of Greece?
Population
848 patients with first event of an acute coronary syndrome and 1078 population-based, age-matched and…
Design
Case-control
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Discussion
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Implication
May support region-specific prevention in Greece; leaves open causal inference from this case-control design.
Structured PICO
Which cardiovascular risk factors are most strongly associated with the development of acute coronary syndromes in different regions of Greece?
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Population
848 patients with first event of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (700 men, mean age 59 +/- 10 years; 148 women, mean age 65 +/- 9 years) and 1078 population-based, age-matched and sex-matched controls from Greek regions.
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Comparator
Age-matched and sex-matched population-based controls
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Outcome
Development of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in relation to cardiovascular risk factorshard clinical
The study highlights regional variations in the hierarchy of cardiovascular risk factors contributing to the development of acute coronary syndromes in Greece.
Cite This Study
Panagiotakos et al. (2008) studied this question.