Why the study?
How do different clinical categories of coronary heart disease and baseline risk factors affect long-term mortality in men?
Population
9141 men, aged 34-79 at entry, from a general population sample, categorized into six groups based on…
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Cohort
Follow-up
long-term
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Highlights elevated long-term mortality after MI versus angina in men; leaves open whether contemporary therapies modify these risks.
How do different clinical categories of coronary heart disease and baseline risk factors affect long-term mortality in men?
Different clinical manifestations of coronary heart disease carry distinct long-term mortality risks, with myocardial infarction conferring the highest risk, and traditional risk factors maintain their prognostic importance even after established CHD.
Sigfússon et al. (1995) studied this question.
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