Article in the lancet 3649438 january 2004 with 221 reads. Interheart a global study of risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in 52 countries. The sample comprised 251 ami patients hospitalized between march 1, 2011 and april 30, 2012 and 464 age and sex. Psychosocial factors have shown independent predictive value in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Question what are the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes associated with inhospital acute myocardial infarction ami findings this cohort study of 1. Coronary artery disease cad is major risk factor of myocardial ischemia, the leading cause of death in developed western countries including the united states. Cad is the most expensive condition treated in hospitals. Athens kidney center 1440 north chase street athens, ga. Request pdf effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with. To assess characteristics of coronary arterial lesion cal by means of invasive coronary angiography in young patients, aged lancet 2004. Char ept 16 acute coronary syndromes oxford medicine. Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic. What about the interheart study on heart attack risk factors.
Defi ning and setting national goals for cardiovascular health promotion and disease reduction. Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11 119 cases and 648 controls from 52 countries the interheart study. Changing lifestyle could prevent 90% of heart disease. Investigators note that the impact of the risk factors. Risk factors for early myocardial infarction in south asians. Twenty year trends and sex differences in young adults. Even in the interheart study, odds of any form stress whether at work or. What about the interheart study on heart attack risk. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 350k.
The designated discussant at the european society of cardiology congress, where the results were first reported, lamented mankind is doing a. Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries. Purpose the aim of this metaanalysis was to assess the relationship between lowcarbohydrate diets and cardiovascular risk factors. Results for interheart study 1 40 of 60 sorted by relevance date click export csv or ris to download the entire page or use the checkboxes to select a subset of records to download export csv export ris 10 per page 50 per page 100 per page 250 per page. Population attributable risk par is estimating the proportion of a disease that can theoretically be attributed to a specific risk factor.
Marc newell, md minneapolis heart institute foundation. Mrcbhf heart protection study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20,536 highrisk individuals. Risk factors associated with premature myocardial infarction. The most important risk factor by far was cholesteroltwice as important as exercisefollowed by smoking. The effects of lowcarbohydrate diets on cardiovascular. The patients paper files were used to collect baseline data and most recent measurements, which were recorded on a data collection sheet. Introduction premature myocardial infarction mi generally refers to mi in men. Fourth joint task force of the european society of cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular.
Data from the asiapacific cohort studies collaboration suggest that these risk factors. There was a statistically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure of 4. The further import of interheart is that its data allow. The relative importance of coronary artery disease cad risk varies globally. Sponsored by the world health organization, the interheart study you point out was indeed a monumental undertaking, trying to tease out modifiable risk factors for heart attacks across populations in more than 50 countries on every inhabited continent. We congratulate annika rosengren and colleagues sept 11, p 9531 on their well done study. Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the interheart study. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with.
Prevalence and cardiovascular disease correlates of low. Cardiovascular complications of hiv aahivm provider. Although there is strong evidence to support the role of psychosocial factors in cardiovascular mortality, there is a scarcity of knowledge about how these factors are related. However, we cannot agree with their statement that the effect of stress on acute myocardial infarction was consistent across different geographic regions. A global study of risk factors for acute myocardial infarction. Advantages disadvantages quick and cheap when investigating rare conditions recall bias difficult to prove causation 4. The interheart study an international casecontrol analysis of the risk factors for a first myocardial infarction conducted in more than 15,000 patients presenting with myocardial infarction in 52 countries showed that the median age at presentation with myocardial infarction was 51 years in the middle east. Jan 25, 2017 yusuf ps, hawken s, ounpuu s, dans t, avezum a, lanas f, mcqueen m, budaj a, pais p, varigos j, lisbeug l. Sep 14, 2012 psychosocial factors have shown independent predictive value in the development of cardiovascular diseases.
The interheart study is uniquely positioned to address the. Clearly, the study indicates that to avoid a stroke, it is most important to control arterial hypertension, stop smoking, and lose weight especially around the abdomen. The impact of preoperative anxiety and education level on. The aim of this study was to determine cad risk factors for acute myocardial infarction ami among patients in public health care institutions in trinidad using a casecontrol type study design. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between depression, anxiety, education, social isolation and. The other important fi ndings are the nature of obesity as a risk factor abdominal obesity is. The interheart study done in 52 countries, emphasizes the role of behavioral and conventional risk factor.
Lipid profile, plasma apolipoproteins, and risk of a first myocardial infarction among asians. The interheart study was funded by the canadian institutes of health research. Karthikeyan g, teo kk, islam s, mcqueen mj, pais p, wang x, sato h, lang cc, sitthiamorn c, pandey mr, kazmi k, sanderson je, yusuf s. The burden and management of ischemic heart disease. Intensity and timing of statin initiation in patients with. The contribution of lifestyle to allcause mortality in cad. Retrospective us cohort study data from a retrospective cohort study of 8,231 patients with type 2 diabetes and 8,845 nondiabetic patients of similar age and sex, based in the united states of america. Disclosures none we are all on death row, the only.
Method four electronic databases pubmed, embase, medline, and the cochrane library were searched from their inception. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. The functional variant rs1048990 in psma6 is associated with. Information extracted from the medical files was used to describe the gps. Background lowcarbohydrate diets are associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Independent risk factors for mi interheart study lancet 2004. Updated with slides results of the interheart study have shown that nine modifiable risk factors predict more than 90% of acute mi cases. This cohort study investigates the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes associated with inhospital acute myocardial infarction ami among a population of patients hospitalized in us veterans health administration facilities. Sleep duration, snoring habits and risk of acute myocardial. China study unprocessed fruits properly cooked vegetables some vegetable oils, fish few refined carbohydrates avoid meats. Effectiveness of a pharmacistled cardiovascular risk. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries the interheart study. Premature mi is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease cvd, which claimed 17. Reducing premature mi and cvd is a key priority for all nations.
The results of the interheart study1 show that the factors associated with coronary heart disease are essentially the same wherever in the world people experience an acute myocardial infarction. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 350k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Marc newell, md minneapolis heart institute foundation abbott. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with. Yusuf s, hawken s, ounpuu s, dans t, avezum a, lanas f, mcqueen m, budaj a, pais p, varigos j, lisheng l, interheart study investigators.
Average cad risks in the us population is predicted to be 2. In the interheart study, waisttohip ratio was a better predictor of coronary disease than was bmi. European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. The interheart study, a global casecontrol study of first acute mi carried out in 52 countries, has reported that nine potentially modifiable risk factors smoking, diabetes, abdominal obesity, etc contribute to mi in both sexes and in all regions of the world. Yusuf ps, hawken s, ounpuu s, dans t, avezum a, lanas f, mcqueen m, budaj a, pais p, varigos j, lisbeug l. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated. The interheart study showed the feasibility, value, and importance of a large standardised international casecontrol study 29 972 participants to establish the importance of, and relation between, key risk factors for myocardial infarction in 52 countries of high, middle, and low income, with participation from every inhabited. The odds ratios differ from 111 99% ci 0897 for central and eastern europe to 2.
Yusuf s, hawken s, ounpuu s, dans t, avezum a, lanas f, et al. A case report is a description of a single case that reveals a novel. Reproduced with permission from yusuf s, hawken s, ounpuu s, et al, for the interheart study investigators. Interheart a global study of risk factors for acute. Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52. Jan 19, 2018 the relative importance of coronary artery disease cad risk varies globally. However, a majority of this data is collected from white adult males and is extrapolated to. Risk factors for firsttime acute myocardial infarction. Cholesterol lowering in intermediaterisk persons without.