title: Cholesterol and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients.
abstract: METHODS
  We investigated the association of total serum cholesterol concentrations and subsequent overall and coronary mortality in 304 patients aged > or =65 discharged from hospital after acute myocardial infarction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no association between total cholesterol concentrations and mortality due to either coronary heart disease or to all causes in all patients or, separately, in men, women, patients younger than 75 and patients aged 75 years and older.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Geriatric Medicine and Surgery, University of Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bo
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fiandra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fonte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bobbio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fabris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol