The Impacts of Living Alone in in-Hospital and One-Year Clinical Outcomes after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Korean Patients
Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
;
: 115-121, 2015.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-156417
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of living alone for in-hospital and one-year clinical outcome after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Korean patients.METHODS:
A total of 1,700 patients who admitted at the Chonnam National University Hospital were analyzed. We divided the patients into two groups by the existence of a spouse or family member that lived together with the patient at the first time of hospital visit due to AMI. The primary endpoint was composed of in-hospital death and cardiac death during one-year clinical follow-up. Secondary end point was other major adverse cardio-cerebral events (MACCE) including non-fatal MI, repeat revascularization, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke during one-year clinical follow-up.RESULTS:
Living alone patient group had higher proportion of Killip class II-IV (34.3% vs. 26.6%, p=0.006) and higher value of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (2.2+/-4.0 vs. 1.5+/-3.4 ng/mL, p=0.019) than not living alone group. In-hospital death (8.9 % vs. 5.1%, p=0.010) and one-year cardiac death (7.7% vs. 4.6%, p=0.031) developed more in living alone groups. However, living alone was not an independent prognostic factor for in-hospital death (HR 1.51, 95% CI 0.91-2.52, p=0.113) and one-year cardiac death (HR 1.18, 95% CI 0.59-2.34, p=0.64) after multivariate analysis.CONCLUSION:
Living alone was not an independent prognostic factor for in-hospital and one-year clinical outcome after AMI.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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C-Reactive Protein
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Multivariate Analysis
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Follow-Up Studies
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Spouses
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Stroke
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Death
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Myocardial Infarction
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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