Open AccessAssociation of Age and Sex With Myocardial Infarction Symptom Presentation and In-Hospital Mortality
Author(s) -
John G. Canto,
William J. Rogers,
Robert J. Goldberg,
Eric D. Peterson,
Nanette K. Wenger,
Viola Vaccarino,
Catarina I. Kiefe,
Frederick A. Spencer,
George Sopko,
Zhi Zheng,
for the NRMI Investigators
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2012.199
Subject(s) - medicine , chest pain , myocardial infarction , odds ratio , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , surgery
Women are generally older than men at hospitalization for myocardial infarction (MI) and also present less frequently with chest pain/discomfort. However, few studies have taken age into account when examining sex differences in clinical presentation and mortality.
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