Key result
Young adults with AMI have comparable medium-term event-free survival to older adults.
Why the study?
Does young age (<40 years) compared to non-young age (60-70 years) affect the medium-term prognosis of Japanese adults following acute myocardial infarction?
Population
211 Japanese adults with acute myocardial infarction who survived to hospital discharge, including 21 young…
Comparison
Young age (<40 years) vs Non-young age (60-70 years)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
average 2.42 years for young, 2.37 years for non-young
Authors
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Comparable AMI survival in young vs older Japanese adults should not yet change practice; leaves open age-specific prognostic factors.
Observational (n=211)
Yes
Does young age (<40 years) compared to non-young age (60-70 years) affect the medium-term prognosis of Japanese adults following acute myocardial infarction?
Absolute Event Rate: 57% vs 41%
p-value: p=0.49
Young Japanese adults (<40 years) with acute myocardial infarction have a medium-term prognosis comparable to that of older patients (60-70 years), despite differing baseline risk profiles such as higher rates of smoking and obesity.
Shiraishi et al. (2006) conducted an observational in Acute myocardial infarction (n=211). Young age (<40 years) vs. Older age (60-70 years) was evaluated on Event-free survival at 3.75 years (p=0.49). Young Japanese adults (<40 years) with acute myocardial infarction had a medium-term event-free survival rate comparable to that of older adults (60-70 years) (57% vs 41% at 3.75 years, p=0.49).
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