Case fatality after an acute cardiac event: the effect of smoking and alcohol consumption.

摘要: The objective of this study was to use a population-based register acute cardiac events investigate the association between survival after an event and history smoking alcohol consumption. population all residents Lower Hunter Region Australia aged 25 69 years who suffered myocardial infarction or sudden death 1986 1994. Among 10,170 events, 2504 resulted in within 28 days. After adjusting for sex, age medical history, current smokers had similar risk dying never-smokers [odds ratio (OR)=1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.94-1.29]. People consumed more than 8 alcoholic drinks per day on 2 days week (OR=1.93, CI 1.39-2.69) former moderate heavy drinkers (OR=4.59, 3.65-5.76) were likely die people nondrinkers. results large community study, suggesting no effect case fatality increased drinkers, highlight importance view fatality. These can also shed some light reasons paradoxical from clinical trials.