title: Myocardial infarction on various days of the week.
abstract: The weekly distribution of deaths for myocardial infarction was studied, using mortality data for Lower Saxony for the years 1968-77. In accordance with hypotheses derived from Holmes & Rahe's stress model, an increase of deaths was found on Saturdays and Mondays only in men aged between 25 and 55 years.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications