Association of clinical trial participation after myocardial infarction with socioeconomic status, clinical characteristics, and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To investigate whether participants in clinical trials after myocardial infarction (MI) are representable for the post-MI population concerning characteristics, secondary prevention, and prognosis.

Methods and results

Cohort study on 31 792 attendants to 1-year revisits after MI throughout Sweden (n = 2941 clinical trial participants) between 2008 and 2013 identified in the Swedish Web-System for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-Based Care in Heart Disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies (SWEDEHEART). Individual-level data on socioeconomic status (SES) (disposable income, educational level, and marital status) and outcomes (first recurrent non-fatal MI, coronary heart disease death, fatal or non-fatal stroke until study end 2018) were linked f

SUBMITTER: Ohm J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9241569 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature