Rural-urban disparities in hospitalisation for myocardial infarction in systemic lupus erythematosus in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether rural-urban disparities exist in people with SLE for hospitalisation with myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods

We used the 2016-2019 US National Inpatient Sample data that contain all hospitalisation data. In people with a diagnosis of SLE, we assessed the multivariable adjusted ORs (aORs) to examine the association of rural patient residence with MI hospitalisation, while adjusting for demographics, payer, income, hospital characteristics and the Deyo-Charlson Comorbidity Index.

Results

We found that the crude rates of patients hospitalised with MI per 100 000 area specific SLE hospitalisations were higher in rural versus urban residents with SLE, 2265 versus 1435 (p value<0.001). In the multivariable-adjusted model that accounted for demog

SUBMITTER: Singh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12039025 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature