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Preventive Medicine Volume 44, Issue 4 , April 2007, Pages 311-316
Jump to full article: Science Direct, 2007-04-12
Author: Andreia Oliveiraa, , , , Henrique Barrosa, Maria Júlia Macielb and Carla Lopesa
Intro: We conducted a population-based case-control study with 329 incident acute myocardial infarction cases (42 women; 287 men), consecutively admitted to the Cardiology department of hospitals in Porto, Portugal, and 778 controls . . .
No interaction was found between current smoking and sex on myocardial infarction risk (p = 0.401). A dose–effect response was present, the odds favoring myocardial infarction reaching an eight-fold increase for those that smoked > 25 cigarettes/day compared to never smokers. The risk estimate for former smokers was similar to never smokers.
Conclusions
Tobacco smoking is an important independent risk factor for acute myocardial infarction in young adults, with similar strength of association for both sexes.
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