Population
814 patients with first-ever acute myocardial infarction in a rural area of northeastern Japan between 2006…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
9 years (2006-2014)
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MI trends in aging populations may reflect lipid-lowering therapy uptake; leaves open causality and broader generalizability.
The incidence of acute myocardial infarction in a rural Japanese population decreased significantly from 2006 to 2014, particularly among the elderly, alongside an increase in anticholesterol drug prescriptions.
Nakamura et al. (2017) studied this question.
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