Downward trend in the risk of second myocardial infarction in Sweden, 1987-2007: Breakdown by socioeconomic position, gender, and country of birth

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 549-558

  Dzayee, Dashti Ali M ^a   Beiki, Omid ^a,b   Ljung, Rickard ^a,c   Moradi, Tahereh ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort; country of birth; first myocardial infarction (FMI); second myocardial infarction (SMI); socioeconomic position (SEP); Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INDIA; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; TUNISIA; UGANDA; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900440130     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312469123     Document Type: Article

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