Low serum calcium is associated with higher long-term mortality in myocardial infarction patients from a population-based registry.

ABSTRACT: Calcium plays an essential role in physiology of the cardiovascular system. Aberrations from normal serum calcium levels are known to be associated with several cardiovascular diseases. Its possible role as a predictor for long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is still uncertain. In this study, a total of 3732 patients (aged 25-74 years) with incident AMI surviving at least 28 days after AMI was included. The median follow-up time was 6.0 years. Admission total serum calcium levels were divided into quartiles. The Kaplan-Meier-Curve suggested a division of the follow up time in two different time periods. So, Cox regression models were calculated to assess association between admission serum calcium levels and all-cause long-term mortality with two observation periods

SUBMITTER: Schmitz T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7843683 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature