title: Comparison of mortality rates after acute myocardial infarction in smokers versus nonsmokers.
abstract: Patients who smoke paradoxically have favorable outcomes after acute myocardial infarctions compared with nonsmokers. However, after adjustment for age only, the decrease in all-cause mortality in the smoker population is explained by the smokers' generally younger age, with better prognoses due to their age.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Central Hospital in Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway. hans.j.jaatun@sensewave.com
authors.forename: Hans Jakob
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jaatun
authors.forename: Santosh C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sutradhar
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dickstein
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*