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An Epidemiological Study of Acute Myocardial Infarction Based on the Experiences of Barnes Hospital for Forty-Five Years

KYU TAIK LEE, M.D.; WILBUR A. THOMAS, M.D

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1956;97(4):421-430.

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From the epidemiological standpoint, certain impressions concerning myocardial infarction are widely held. The incidence of myocardial infarction (1) varies considerably in different parts of the world *; (2) has increased in recent years and this increase is related to some changing factors in our civilization, such as the consumption of fats, dairy products, or tobacco (3) is much higher in men than in women (4) reaches a peak at a later age in women than in men¹³; (5) is higher in white people than in Negroes || (6) is higher in the upper socioeconomic groups than in the lower⁴; (7) is higher among persons with diabetes mellitus than among nondiabetics.# Even though these impressions are widely held, more data are needed in most instances to evaluate their status adequately.

An extensive study of the epidemiological aspects of acute myocardial infarction based on autopsied patients and representing . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
St. Louis

From the Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Received for publication Sept. 27, 1955.

This study was supported in part by Grant H-1820 from the National Heart Institute, Institute of Health, Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.

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