Population
Hong Kong Chinese population with ischaemic heart disease inpatient episodes across all public hospitals…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 365 days
Authors
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Rising IHD incidence in young and very old men may signal shifting risks; hypothesis-generating for age-specific prevention strategies.
While overall IHD incidence and case fatality in Hong Kong remained stable from 2000-2009, increasing incidence in young adult men highlights the need for targeted cardiovascular risk factor reduction.
Chau et al. (2013) studied this question.
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