Income-Level and Immigrant Status Are Associated With Discontinuation of Evidence-Based Secondary Prevention Therapies After Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mechanisms for worse prognosis after myocardial infarction in low socioeconomic status are unclear. We therefore investigated the association between socioeconomic status and discontinuation of evidence-based secondary prevention drug therapies.

Methods

All patients with a first-ever myocardial infarction, on treatment with a statin (n=60 717), antithrombotic therapy (n=65 862), or a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system inhibitor (n=51 486) at the routine 1-year visit in SWEDEHEART (Swedish Web-System for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-Based Care in Heart Disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies) between January 2006 and mid-2020 were included in this population-based nationwide cohort study. Individual-level socioeconomic status was measured

SUBMITTER: Ohm J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12449905 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature