EFFECTIVE VARIATIONS ON ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE ELDERLY IN A CITY IN WEST OF TURKEY

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EFFECTIVE VARIATIONS ON ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE ELDERLY IN A CITY IN WEST OF TURKEY

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Aim: Although Turkey has one of the youngest populations when compared with those of European and Middle Eastern countries, the proportion of our elderly population has increased year-by-year and as has myocardial illnesses in parallel. The aim was to investigate the effects of the monthly, outdoor temperature and weekday variables on acute Myocardial Infarction (aMI) in the elderly, attending Emergency Departments (EDs). Methods: The records of patients aged 60 and over who had presented with aMI to three major EDs of a city in north-west Turkey between January 1998 and December 2000 were enrolled in the study. Patient records on the protocol register were reviewed retrospectively for date and month of presenting, age, gender, and outcome. Daily temperature records were taken from the Regional Weather and Meteorology Center. Student’s t test, Pearson Chi-square, ANOVA, and Logistic regression analyses were used for statistical analysis. Results: 79,123 elder patients had presented to the EDs during the study period. aMI was diagnosed in 1.56% (n=1,232) patients. The frequency of aMI in males was higher than that in females (p

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• Climate, emergency, acute myocardial infarction, elderly

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