title: Differences in in-hospital mortality between men and women with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in Japan: Tokai Acute Myocardial Infarction Study (TAMIS).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is a matter of concern that women have higher in-hospital mortality rates than men with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, it is not yet clear whether significant sex differences exist. This study aimed to determine if there are sex differences in the characteristics and in-hospital mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing PCI in Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data from 13 acute care hospitals in the Tokai region (central Japan) included in the sample from the TAMIS, a retrospective study of all patients admitted to these hospitals from 1995 to 1997 with a diagnosis of AMI. We abstracted the baseline and procedural characteristics from detailed chart reviews which included not only physician notes but also nursing notes, and a questionnaire included baseline characteristics, procedural course, and in-hospital mortality. Multivariate analysis was performed, controlling for age and other variables which were found to be significantly different between men and women by chi2 test or Mann-Whitney U test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In TAMIS, we had a total of 2020 subjects. A total of 303 women and 1033 men undergoing PCI were included in the present study. There were sex differences in age, comorbid conditions, smoking status, activities of daily living, and heart failure on presentation. In univariate analysis, women had a higher in-hospital mortality rate than men; however, this sex difference disappeared after multivariable adjustment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study demonstrates that women with AMI who undergo PCI do not have a significantly higher in-hospital mortality rate than men in Japan; additional larger-scale studies are needed to confirm these results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan. hirakawa@k8.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuzuya
authors.forename: Takaya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimata
authors.forename: Akihisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors