Low Educational Attainment is a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease.

ABSTRACT: Background Educational attainment is an indicator of socioeconomic status and is inversely associated with coronary artery disease risk. Whether educational attainment level (EAL) among patients with coronary artery disease influences outcomes remains understudied. Methods and Results Patients undergoing cardiac catheterization had their highest EAL assessed using options of elementary/middle school, high school, college, or graduate education. Primary outcome was all-cause mortality and secondary outcomes were a composite of cardiovascular death/non-fatal myocardial infarction and non-fatal myocardial infarction during follow-up. Cox models adjusted for clinically relevant confounders were used to analyze the association of EAL with outcomes. Among 6318 patients (63.5 years, 63% men, 23%

SUBMITTER: Kelli HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755831 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature