Prediction of Myocardial Infarction Using Coronary Risk Scores Among Japanese Male Workers: 3M Study
Why the study?
Do coronary risk factors predict myocardial infarction in Japanese middle-aged male workers?
Population
612 Japanese male workers aged 35 to 65 years (204 myocardial infarction cases and 408 age-matched controls)
Comparison
Presence of coronary risk factors vs Absence of these coronary risk factors
Design
Case-control
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May guide risk assessment in Japanese male workers; leaves open causality and generalizability.
Structured PICO
Do coronary risk factors predict myocardial infarction in Japanese middle-aged male workers?
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Population
612 Japanese male workers aged 35 to 65 years (204 myocardial infarction cases and 408 age-matched controls)
I
Intervention
Presence of coronary risk factors (high blood pressure, high LDL-cholesterol, low HDL-cholesterol, high triglycerides, high glucose, current smoking)
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Comparator
Absence of these coronary risk factors
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Outcome
Myocardial infarctionhard clinical
High LDL-cholesterol, low HDL-cholesterol, and current smoking are strong predictors of myocardial infarction among middle-aged Japanese men.
Cite This Study
Noda et al. (2010) studied this question.