Neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of acute myocardial infarction: a cohort study quantifying age- and gender-specific differences in relative and absolute terms

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Simon Capewell¹  Ineke van Dis²  Lenie van Rossem³  Aloysia AM van Oeffelen³  Carla Koopman³  Michiel L Bots³  Ilonca Vaartjes⁴  WM Monique Verschuren⁵  Peter M Engelfriet⁶ 

[1] Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK;Dutch Heart Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands;Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht (STR 6.131), P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GAUtrecht, The Netherlands;Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht (STR 6.131), P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GAUtrecht, The Netherlands;Dutch Heart Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands;Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht (STR 6.131), P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GAUtrecht, The Netherlands;National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands;National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands;

关键词: Coronary heart disease;    Acute myocardial infarction;    Incidence;    Socioeconomic status;    Relative;    Absolute;    The Netherlands;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-617

 received in 2011-12-23, accepted in 2012-07-31,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSocioeconomic status has a profound effect on the risk of having a first acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Information on socioeconomic inequalities in AMI incidence across age- gender-groups is lacking. Our objective was to examine socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of AMI considering both relative and absolute measures of risk differences, with a particular focus on age and gender.MethodsWe identified all patients with a first AMI from 1997 to 2007 through linked hospital discharge and death records covering the Dutch population. Relative risks (RR) of AMI incidence were estimated by mean equivalent household income at neighbourhood-level for strata of age and gender using Poisson regression models. Socioeconomic inequalities were also shown within the stratified age-gender groups by calculating the total number of events attributable to socioeconomic disadvantage.ResultsBetween 1997 and 2007, 317,564 people had a first AMI. When comparing the most deprived socioeconomic quintile with the most affluent quintile, the overall RR for AMI was 1.34 (95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.32 – 1.36) in men and 1.44 (95 % CI: 1.42 – 1.47) in women. The socioeconomic gradient decreased with age. Relative socioeconomic inequalities were most apparent in men under 35 years and in women under 65 years. The largest number of events attributable to socioeconomic inequalities was found in men aged 45–74 years and in women aged 65–84 years. The total proportion of AMIs that was attributable to socioeconomic inequalities in the Dutch population of 1997 to 2007 was 14 % in men and 18 % in women.ConclusionsNeighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities were observed in AMI incidence in the Netherlands, but the magnitude across age-gender groups depended on whether inequality was expressed in relative or absolute terms. Relative socioeconomic inequalities were high in young persons and women, where the absolute burden of AMI was low. Absolute socioeconomic inequalities in AMI were highest in the age-gender groups of middle-aged men and elderly women, where the number of cases was largest.

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