Journal article
Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11 119 cases and 13 648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial factors have been reported to be independently associated with coronary heart disease. However, previous studies have been in mainly North American or European populations. The aim of the present analysis was to investigate the relation of psychosocial factors to risk of myocardial infarction in 24767 people from 52 countries.
METHODS: We used a case-control design with 11119 patients with a first myocardial infarction …
Authors
Rosengren A; Hawken S; Ôunpuu S; Sliwa K; Zubaid M; Almahmeed WA; Blackett KN; Sitthi-amorn C; Sato H; Yusuf S
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 364, No. 9438, pp. 953–962
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 2004
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17019-0
ISSN
0140-6736