Myocardial infarction incidence and survival by ethnic group: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inequalities in coronary heart disease mortality by country of birth are large and poorly understood. However, these data misclassify UK-born minority ethnic groups and provide little detail on whether excess risk is due to increased incidence, poorer survival or both.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

General resident population of Scotland.

Participants

All those residing in Scotland during the 2001 Census were eligible for inclusion: 2 972 120 people were included in the analysis. The number still residing in Scotland at the end of the study in 2008 is not known.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

As specified in the analysis plan, the primary outcome measures were first occurrence of admission or death due to myocardial infarct

SUBMITTER: Bansal N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3773657 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature