Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal differentials in 2-year outcomes following non-fatal first-ever acute MI persist after adjustment for comorbidity

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 983-990

  Katzenellenbogen, Judith M ^a,b   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^a   Hobbs, Michael S T ^a   Briffa, Tom G ^a   Ridout, Steve C ^a   Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Dimer, Lyn ^c   Taylor, Kate P ^a,b   Thompson, Peter L ^d   Thompson, Sandra C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Cancer Found of Western Australia   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; cardiovascular outcomes; myocardial infarction; social differentials

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84873263447     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711417925     Document Type: Article

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