Key result
Total serum cholesterol shows no association with overall or coronary mortality in elderly post-MI patients.
Why the study?
The association of total serum cholesterol concentrations with long-term overall and coronary mortality after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients was unclear.
Is total serum cholesterol concentration associated with long-term mortality in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Cohort (n=304)
Is total serum cholesterol concentration associated with long-term mortality in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Total serum cholesterol concentrations were not associated with long-term mortality in elderly patients post-myocardial infarction.
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No association between cholesterol and post-MI mortality in patients ≥65; leaves open the prognostic role of lipids in elderly survivors.
METHOD: We investigated the association of total serum cholesterol concentrations and subsequent overall and coronary mortality in 304 patients aged > or =65 discharged from hospital after acute myocardial infarction. RESULTS: There was no association between total cholesterol concentrations and mortality due to either coronary heart disease or to all causes in all patients or, separately, in men, women, patients younger than 75 and patients aged 75 years and older.
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Mario Bo (1999) conducted a cohort in acute myocardial infarction (n=304). Total serum cholesterol concentrations was evaluated on overall and coronary mortality. Total serum cholesterol concentrations showed no association with overall or coronary mortality in 304 elderly patients (aged ≥65) discharged after acute myocardial infarction.
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