The Impact of Education on All-cause Mortality Following St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Results from the Brazilian Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low schooling has been considered an important modifiable risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease for a long time. Despite that, whether this factor impacts the outcomes following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is poorly understood.

Objective

To investigate whether schooling stands as an independent risk factor for mortality in STEMI patients.

Methods

STEMI-diagnosed patients were consecutively enrolled from a prospective cohort (Brasilia Heart Study) and categorized according to years of study quartiles (0-3, 4-5, 6-10 and >10 years). Groups were compared by student's t test for continuous variables and qui-square for categorical. Incidence of all-cause mortality was compared with Kaplan-Meyer with Cox regression adjus

SUBMITTER: Barreto J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294733 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature