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| Title |
Neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and statin medication in patients with myocardial infarction: a Swedish nationwide follow-up study
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| Published in |
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12872-016-0319-y |
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| Authors |
Per-Ola Forsberg, Xinjun Li, Kristina Sundquist |
| Abstract |
Coronary heart disease (CHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) are associated with neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES). Statins are important drugs for secondary prevention of MI. However, no study has determined whether neighborhood-level SES is associated with statin medication in MI patients. We aimed to determine whether there is a difference in statin medication rate in MI patients across different levels of neighborhood SES. All patients in Sweden, diagnosed with incident MI from January 1st, 2000 until December 31(st) 2010, were followed (n = 116,840). Of these, 89.7 % received statin medication. Data were analyzed by multilevel logistic regression, with individual-level characteristics (age, marital status, family income, educational attainment, country of origin, urban/rural status and comorbidities/chronic conditions related to MI) as covariates. Low neighborhood-level SES was significantly associated with low statin medication rate (Odds Ratio 0.80). In the full model, which took into account individual-level socioeconomic characteristics and MI comorbidities, the odds no longer remained significant. Individual-level approaches may be most important in health care policies regarding statin medication in MI patients. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 37 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 13% |
| Researcher | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 14 | 37% |