Long-term prognostic importance of total cholesterol in elderly survivors of an acute myocardial infarction: The cooperative cardiovascular pilot project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 930-936

  Foody, JoAnne Micale ^a,b,c   Wang, Yun ^b,c   Kiefe, Catarina I ^d   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^e   Gold, Jay ^f   Radford, Martha J ^a,b,c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MetaStar   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cholesterol; Elderly; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTEROL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038825062     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51305.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Executive summary from the third report on nutrition monitoring in the United States. J Nutr 1996;126:1907S-1936S.
2. Executive summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol In Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA 2001;285:2486-2497.
3. Hulley SB, Newman TB. Cholesterol in the elderly. Is it important? JAMA 1994;272:1372-1474.
4. Denke MA, Winker MA. Cholesterol and coronary heart disease in older adults. No easy answers. JAMA 1995;274:575-577.
5. Zimetbaum P, Frishman WH, Ooi WL et al. Plasma lipids and lipoproteins and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in the very elderly. The Bronx Aging Study. Arterioscler Thromb 1992;12:416-423.
6. Kronmal RA, Manolio TA, Ettinger WH et al. The relationship of lipid levels to five year mortality in a healthy elderly cohort. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation 1996;94:1-94.
7. Kronmal RA, Cain KC, Ye Z et al. Total serum cholesterol levels and mortality risk as a function of age. A report based on the Framingham data. Arch Intern Med 1993;153:1065-1073.
8. Krumholz HM, Seeman TE, Merrill SS et al. Lack of association between cholesterol and coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity and all-cause mortality in persons older than 70 years. JAMA 1994;272:1335-1340.
9. Corti MC, Guralnik JM, Salive ME et al. HDL cholesterol predicts coronary heart disease mortality in older persons. JAMA 1995;274:539-544.
10. Schatz I, Masaki K, Yano K et al. Cholesterol and all-cause mortality in elderly people from the Honolulu Heart Program: A cohort study. Lancet 2001;358:351-355.
11. Welch H, Albertsen P, Nease R et al. Estimating treatment benefits for the elderly: The effect of competing risks. Ann Intern Med 1996;124:577-584.
12. Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study Group. Randomized trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease. The Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4s). Lancet 1994;344:1383-1389.
13. The Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) Study Group. Prevention of cardiovascular events and death in patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of initial cholesterol levels. N Engl J Med 1998;339:1349-1357.
14. Rothwell PM. Can overall results of clinical trials be applied to all patients? Lancet 1995;345:1616-1619.
15. Smith SC, Blair SN, Criqui MH et al. Preventing heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease. Circulation 1995;92:2-4.
16. Ellerbeck EF, Jencks SF, Radford MJ et al. Quality of care for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction: A four-state pilot study from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. JAMA 1995;273:1509-1514.
17. Rosenson RS. Myocardial injury. The acute phase response and lipoprotein metabolism. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993;22:933-940.
18. Cuzick JA. Wilcoxon-type test for trend. Stat Med 1985;4:87-90.
19. Ettinger WH, Wahl PW, Kuller LH et al. Lipoprotein lipids in older people. Results from the Cardiovascular Health Study. The CHS Collaborative Research Group. Circulation 1992;86:858-869.
20. Manolio TA, Furberg CD, Wahl PW et al. Eligibility for cholesterol referral in community-dwelling older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Intern Med 1992;116:641-649.
21. Sempos CT, Cleeman JI, Carroll MD et al. Prevalence of high blood cholesterol among U.S. adults. An update based on guidelines from the second report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel. JAMA 1993;269:3009-3014.
22. Fried L, Kronmal R, Newman A et al. Risk factors for 5-year mortality in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. JAMA 1998;279:585-592.
23. Psaty B, Furberg C, Kuller L et al. Traditional risk factors and subclinical disease measures as predictors of first myocardial infarction in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med 1999;159:1339-1347.
24. Wong ND, Wilson PWF, Kannel WB. Serum cholesterol as a prognostic factor after myocardial infarction. The Framingham Study. Ann Intern Med 1991;115:687-693.
25. Law M, Thompson S, Wald N. Assessing possible hazards of reducing serum cholesterol. BMJ 1994;308:373-379.
26. Law M, Wald N, Thompson S. By how much and how quickly does reduction in serum cholesterol concentration lower risk of ischaemic heart disease? BMJ 1994;308:367-372.
27. Kritchevsky S, Wilcosky T, Morris D et al. Changes in plasma lipid and lipoprotein cholesterol and weight prior to the diagnosis of cancer. Cancer Res 1991;51:3198-3203.
28. Campbell A, Diep C, Reinken J et al. Factors predicting mortality in a total population sample of the elderly. J Epidemiol Community Health 1985;39:337-342.
29. Kohn R. Cause of death in very old people. JAMA 1982;20:2793-2797.
30. Ryder REJ, Hayes TM, Mulligan IP et al. How soon after myocardial infarction should plasma lipid values be assessed? BMJ 1984;289:1651-1653.
31. Fyfe T, Baxter RH, Cochran KM et al. Plasma-lipid changes after myocardial infarction. Lancet 1971;2:997-1000.