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8146711

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between body height and risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was investigated in a case-control study conducted in Northern Italy on 429 women with AMI under age 75 and 863 controls in hospital for acute conditions, unrelated to known or potential risk factors for coronary heart disease. Compared to women in the highest tertile of height, the relative risks (RR) adjusted for age were 1.1 (95% confidence interval, CI, 0.9-1.5) for the intermediate tertile, and 1.3 (95% Cl 1.0-1.8) for the lowest tertile. The trend in risk was significant (chi 1(2) = 3.89, P = 0.05). Adjustment for several potential confounding variables, including age, body mass index, education, smoking habits, family history of AMI, history of diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia did not materially modify these estimates: the RR for the highest vs the lowest tertile was 1.4 (95% CI 1.0-1.0). The association was stronger in elderly women, i.e. in earlier generations, and in heavier ones. This positive association is discussed in terms of socio-economic conditions, since low stature may be related to poor living conditions and unfavourable environmental factors in childhood and adolescence among earlier generations of Italian women.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0277-9536
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Height and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in Italian women.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't