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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
We have performed a study to assess the relative contributions of increased hospital admission rates with acute myocardial infarction and increased hospital case fatality to the excess mortality of subjects with elevated levels of glycohaemoglobin from myocardial infarction. Glycohaemoglobin levels were estimated by isoelectric focussing in 397 subjects without known diabetes mellitus admitted with myocardial infarction and compared with a control population reconstructed from a community sample of 1084 subjects without known diabetes mellitus screened in general practice. In the case-control comparison, glycohaemoglobin levels above the 90th centile were associated with relative risks of 3.1 (95% confidence interval 1.4-6.8) for admission with myocardial infarction and 5.3 (95% confidence interval 2.1-13.4) for death in hospital. Elevated glycohaemoglobin on admission was a predictor of both death and cardiac pump failure among those admitted with myocardial infarction, as was the presence of known diabetes. In those over 40 years of age, the top 1% of the glycohaemoglobin distribution contribute 4.3% of admissions and 9.6% of hospital deaths with myocardial infarction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-186X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
201-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
The relationship of hospital admission and fatality from myocardial infarction to glycohaemoglobin levels.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University College & Middlesex School of Medicine, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't