Impact of Age on Clinical Outcomes in Middle-aged Korean Female Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction - Based on a Cut-off Age of 55 Years / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
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: 158-165, 2016.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-101522
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
It is well known that the menopause is related to interference in lipid metabolism, obesity, and a hypercoagulable state. The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of the menopause in middle-aged Korean females with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).METHODS:
A total of 1,781 middle-aged females (aged < 65 years) in the Korean Acute Myocardial Infarction registry were enrolled into this study between November 2005 and December 2013. The patients were divided into two groups; the pre-menopause group (≤ 55 years old) and the menopause group (56-64 years old). Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were analyzed over a one-year follow-up period.RESULTS:
The pre-menopause and menopause groups comprised 669 patients (mean age, 49.1 ± 5.6 years) and 1,112 patients (mean age, 60.6 ± 2.6 years), respectively. The incidence of hypertension (42.2% vs. 59.4%, p < 0.001), diabetes mellitus (DM) (27.4% vs. 35.7%, p < 0.001), and dyslipidemia (12.9% vs. 17.7%, p = 0.008) were more frequent in menopausal patients. Additionally, the rates of smoking (20% vs. 12.7%, p < 0.001) and familial history (12% vs. 6.8%, p < 0.001) were higher in the pre-menopause group. The cumulative rates of MACE did not show any differences between the two groups. A history of atrial fibrillation, previous AMI and DM, higher Killip class, and multi-vessel disease were independent risk factors for predicting one-year MACE.CONCLUSIONS:
The survival analysis demonstrated that there was no significant difference in MACE rates between the pre-menopause and menopause groups during the one-year follow-up. Therefore, middle-aged pre-menopausal women should be treated more intensively, regardless of whether they are menopausal.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Atrial Fibrillation
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Smoke
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Menopause
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Smoking
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Incidence
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Risk Factors
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Follow-Up Studies
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Premenopause
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Diabetes Mellitus
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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