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August 1, 2013BMJ OpenOpen Access

Trends in ischaemic heart disease hospitalisation and case fatality in the Hong Kong Chinese population 2000–2009: a secondary analysis

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Population

Hong Kong Chinese population with ischaemic heart disease inpatient episodes across all public hospitals…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

up to 365 days

Authors

PCPui Hing ChauMWMartin C. S. WongJWJean Woo

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Overview

Rising IHD incidence in young and very old men may signal shifting risks; hypothesis-generating for age-specific prevention strategies.

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Population
Hong Kong Chinese population with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) inpatient episodes across all public hospitals between 2000 and 2009
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Outcome
Incidence rate of IHD inpatient episodes, short-term case fatality rate (deaths within 30 days), and long-term case fatality rate (deaths within 31-365 days)hard clinical

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.

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Chau et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e27be7e0cbdb0b6b0c27ehttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002963
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