Educational attainment and myocardial infarct-related congestive heart failure (the Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Onset Study).
We assessed educational attainment and complications during hospitalization in 3,882 patients with acute myocardial infarction for the Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Onset Study. Educational attainment had a graded, inverse association with prevalence of congestive heart failure (CHF) during hospitalization, with the lowest prevalence among patients who attended college (odds ratio 0.75; 95% confidence interval, 0.57 to 0.99; p for trend 0.02), with similar findings among men, women, whites, and blacks.
Mukamal
Kenneth J
KJ
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, RO-114, Boston, MA 02215, USA. kmukamal@bidmc.harvard.edu
Maclure
Malcolm
M
Muller
James E
JE
Sherwood
Jane B
JB
Mittleman
Murray A
MA
D000368:Aged; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology