Geographical inequalities in acute myocardial infarction beyond neighbourhood-level and individual-level sociodemographic characteristics: a Danish 10-year nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether geographical patterns in incident acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were explained by neighbourhood-level and individual-level sociodemographic characteristics. DESIGN:An open cohort study design of AMI-free adults (age ≥30 years) with a residential location in Denmark in 2005-2014 was used based on nationwide administrative population and health register data linked by the unique personal identification number. Poisson regression of AMI incidence rates (IRs) with a geographical random effect component was performed using a Bayesian approach. The analysis included neighbourhood-level variables on income, ethnic composition, population density and population turnover and accounted for individual-level age, sex, calendar year, cohabitation status, income

SUBMITTER: Kjærulff TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398745 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature