Smoking status and life expectancy after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Smokers have lower short-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) than non-smokers; however, little is known about the long-term effects of smoking on life expectancy after AMI. This study aimed to quantify the burden of smoking after AMI using life expectancy and years of life lost.

Methods

We analysed data from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project, a medical record study of 158,349 elderly Medicare patients with AMI and over 17 years of follow-up, to evaluate the age-specific association of smoking with life expectancy and years of life lost after AMI.

Results

Our sample included 23,447 (14.8%) current smokers. Current smokers had lower crude mortality up to 5 years, which was largely explained by their younger age at AMI. After adjustment

SUBMITTER: Bucholz EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459390 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature