Why the study?
Are there gender-related differences in presentation and clinical outcomes among patients with STEMI?
Population
1365 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, 72.1% male, from the Registry Study of the ST…
Comparison
Female gender (observational exposure) vs Male gender
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Age-adjusted STEMI mortality risk assessment may suffice; leaves open sex-specific factors beyond age in observational data.
Are there gender-related differences in presentation and clinical outcomes among patients with STEMI?
In STEMI patients, women have higher unadjusted 1-year mortality than men, but this difference is driven by older age rather than gender being an independent risk factor.
Hailer et al. (2011) studied this question.
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