title: Changes in the characteristics of myocardial infarction patients: 1980 vs 1988.
abstract: This study examined myocardial infarction cases in an urban community hospital in the years 1980 and 1988. There were 56 well-documented heart attacks in 1980, and 80 in 1988. The sex ratio changed from 43/13 (male/female) in 1980 to 34/46 in 1988 (p = .0001). The percentage of diabetics increased from 27% in 1980 to 44% in 1988 (p = .044). The diabetics were older on average than the nondiabetics (69.7 years vs 65.1 years, p = .017). During the two years, 30 patients died in the hospital. Those who died were, on average, older than the survivors (71.4 years vs 65.4 years, p = .012) and were more likely to be white than black. More women than men died in 1988 (12 out of 13, p = .014), but the overall effect of sex on survival for both years was not significant. These results demonstrate a substantial change in the demographics of myocardial infarctions in the last decade.
authors.affiliation: Metro Medical Group, Livonia, Michigan 48154.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urberg
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuzon
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D044465:White People