Journal article
Marital Status, Education, and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Mainland China: The INTER-HEART Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We investigated the effects of marital status and education on the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a large-scale case-control study in China.
METHODS: This study was part of the INTER-HEART China case-control study. The main outcome measure was first AMI. Incident cases of AMI and control patients with no past history of heart disease were recruited. Controls were matching by age (±5 years) and sex. Marital status was …
Authors
Hu B; Li W; Wang X; Liu L; Teo K; Yusuf S
Journal
Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 22, No. 2,
Publisher
Japan Epidemiological Association
Publication Date
2012
DOI
10.2188/jea.je20100175
ISSN
0917-5040