Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Cardiomyopathy-Associated Hospital Admissions Among Methamphetamine Users: Geographical and Social Disparities
Authors' conclusion
CAHMA have increased significantly in the United States. Men, Hispanics, non-Hispanic Asian, age groups 41 to 64. and western regions showed a higher proportional increase highlighting gender-based, racial/ethnic, and regional disparities over the study period.
Study context
- Population
- Cardiomyopathy-associated hospital admissions among methamphetamine users, US, 2008–2020 (users of other substances with methamphetamine excluded)of 12,845,919 cardiomyopathy admissions
- Participants
- 222,727 users
- Outcome
- Trends and prevalence of CAHMA by age, sex, race and geographical region
- Follow-up
- 2008 to 2020
Methodological detailsNational Inpatient Sample database, 2008–2020
- National Inpatient Sample database
- 2008–2020
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Increase in CAHMA, 2008–2020
- Overall
- 231% (P trend <0.001)
- Men
- 345% (P trend <0.001)
- Women
- 122% (P trend <0.001)
- Non-Hispanic White
- 271% (P trend <0.001)
- Non-Hispanic Black
- 254% (p trend <0.001)
- Hispanic
- 565% (P trend <0.001)
- Non-Hispanic Asian
- 645% (P trend <0.001)
- West region
- 530% (P trend <0.001)
- South region
- 200% (P trend <0.001)
- Men, Hispanic population, age groups 26 to 40 and 41 to 64 years, and Western regions showed a significantly higher uptrend than their counterparts
- P trend <0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Cardiomyopathy-Associated Hospital Admissions Among Methamphetamine Users: Geographical and Social Disparities. JACC Adv. Published 13 March 2024. doi:10.
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