Racial disparities among older adults with acute myocardial infarction: The SILVER-AMI study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite an aging population, little is known about racial disparities in aging-specific functional impairments and mortality among older adults hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods

We analyzed data from patients aged 75 years or older who were hospitalized for AMI at 94 US hospitals from 2013 to 2016. Functional impairments and geriatric conditions were assessed in-person during the AMI hospitalization. The association between race and risk of mortality (primary outcome) was evaluated with logistic regression adjusted sequentially for age, clinical characteristics, and measures of functional impairment and other conditions associated with aging.

Results

Among 2918 participants, 2668 (91.4%) self-identified as White and 250 (8.6%) as B

SUBMITTER: Demkowicz PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9957871 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature