Cigarette-smoking and nonfatal myocardial infarction: rate ratio in relation to age, sex and predisposing conditions.
The relationship of cigarette-smoking and nonfatal myocardial infarction (AMI) was evaluated using the case-control approach. Overall, the association was present for smokers of one and two packs per day, the standardized rate-ratio estimates being 1.5 and 1.7, respectively. The association was strongest in those who had a low risk score for AMI and particularly strong for people in the earliest (fifth) decade of age. People with diabetes and/or angina manifested no association between cigarette-smoking and AMI.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications*