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More frequent diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction among Navajo Indians.

Author(s) -

Miroslav Klain,

John L. Coulehan,

Vincent C. Arena,

R Janett

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.10.1351

Subject(s) - navajo , medicine , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , demography , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , physics , sociology , optics

In an earlier study, we failed to confirm a clinical impression that the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was increasing in Navajo men. Extending our data collection an additional three years, through 1986, we observed that the attack rate in men more than doubled and there was a gradual increase among women. Most Navajos who sustain AMI are hypertensive (51 per cent), diabetic (50 per cent) or both (31 per cent), but few smoke cigarettes.

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