Nationwide time trends in patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome: a worrying generational and social effect among women
An erratum to this article was published (Eur J Prev Cardiol, 10 Oct 2024 ↗)
Authors' conclusion
Despite encouraging overall trends in patients hospitalized for ACS rates, the increasing trends observed among middle-aged women, especially socially deprived women, is worrying.
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in France, 2009–2021hospitalized in 2019
- Participants
- 143,670 patients
- Outcome
- Time trends in annual age-standardized incidence of hospitalization for ACS
Methodological detailsNational Health Insurance database
- National Health Insurance database
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Age-standardized rate of hospitalized ACS
Age-standardized rate in 2019
210 per 100 000 person-year
Change 2009–2019, overall
−11.4%
Change 2009–2019, men
−11.2%
Change 2009–2019, women
−14.0%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
ACS subtype in 2019
- STSE-ACS
- 53,227
- Mean age
- 68.8 years
- Women
- 32%
Social deprivation
- Higher standardized incidence among the most socially deprived
Management and prognosis by sex
- Women less likely to receive coronarography and revascularization but higher excess in-hospital mortality
- Adjusted for confounders
Original publication
Nationwide time trends in patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome: a worrying generational and social effect among women. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 5 October 2023. doi:10.
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