Coronary disease & ACSMeta-analysis
Rural–urban disparities in mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- fixed-effects model
Authors' conclusion
We found that patients living in rural areas had an increased risk of mortality when compared to patients in urban areas.
Study context
- Population
- Patients presenting to hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart failure (HF)37 studies
- Comparison
- Rural vs urban patients
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality
- Follow-up
- 0 days to 24 months
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
follow-up
Rural
15.5%
AMI mortality · HF mortality 12.3%
Urban
13.4%
AMI mortality · HF mortality 11.6%
Rural vs UrbanOdds ratio (95% CI)
AMI; I2 = 97%
1.18(1.13–1.24)
HF; I2 = 98%
1.11(1.11–1.12)
Original publication
Rural–urban disparities in mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 29 October 2024. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwae351
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it