title: Serum iron and risk of fatal acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We assessed the relation of serum iron, dietary iron, and the use of iron supplements to the risk of fatal acute myocardial infarction in the Nutrition Canada Survey cohort. We found an association between serum iron and risk of fatal acute myocardial infarction, with rate ratios for males and females in the highest category of serum iron (> or = 175 micrograms per dl) of 2.18 [95% confidence intervals (CI) = 1.01-4.74] and 5.53 (95% CI = 1.69-18.12), respectively. We found no important association between risk of fatal acute myocardial infarction and either dietary iron or iron supplement use among the 9,920 participants included in this study.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Semenciw
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Wigle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007501:Iron