Employment status at time of acute myocardial infarction and risk of death and recurrent acute myocardial infarction
Authors' conclusion
Among patients of working age who were admitted with MI and alive at discharge, not being part of the workforce was associated with a higher long-term rate of all-cause mortality and recurrent MI.
Study context
- Population
- Patients aged 18–60 years with a first-time myocardial infarction (MI) admission (2010–2018), alive at discharge, Denmark
- Participants
- 16,060 patients
- Exposure
- Not part of the workforce vs part of the workforce at time of MI
- Non-workforcen = 3,520
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality and recurrent MI
- Follow-up
- 5 years
Methodological detailsDanish nationwide registries, multivariable Cox regression
- Danish nationwide registries
- Multivariable Cox regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Workforce
- Death
- 3.3%
- Recurrent MI
- 7.5%
Non-workforce
- Death
- 12.8%
- Recurrent MI
- 10.9%
Death
Workforce3.3%
Non-workforce12.8%
Recurrent MI
Workforce7.5%
Non-workforce10.9%
Non-workforce vs WorkforceHazard ratio (95% CI)
All-cause mortality, adjusted
2.39(2.01–2.83)
Recurrent MI, adjusted
1.36(1.18–1.57)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Employment status at time of acute myocardial infarction and risk of death and recurrent acute myocardial infarction. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 19 January 2023. doi:10.
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