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Current smoking and gender difference in South Korean AMI patients who underwent PCI with DES
Authors : YH Kim (Chuncheon,KR), A-Y Her (Chuncheon,KR), MH Jeong (Gwangju,KR), B-K Kim (Seoul,KR), S-Y Lee (Gunpo,KR), S-J Hong (Seoul,KR), D-H Shin (Seoul,KR), C-M Ahn (Seoul,KR), J-S Kim (Seoul,KR), Y-G Ko (Seoul,KR), D Choi (Seoul,KR), M-K Hong (Seoul,KR), Y Jang (Seoul,KR)
Y.H. Kim1
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A.-Y. Her1
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M.H. Jeong2
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B.-K. Kim3
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S.-Y. Lee4
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S.-J. Hong3
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D.-H. Shin3
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C.-M. Ahn3
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J.-S. Kim3
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Y.-G. Ko3
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D. Choi3
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M.-K. Hong3
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Y. Jang3
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1Kangwon National University School of Medicine - Chuncheon City - Korea (Republic of)
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2Chonnam National University Hospital, Department of Cardiology - Gwangju - Korea (Republic of)
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3Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine - Seoul - Korea (Republic of)
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4Sanbon Hospital, Wonkwang University College of Medicine, Department of Cardiology - Gunpo - Korea (Republic of)
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Background: There is some debate on whether or not there is a gender difference is present between current smoking and cardiovascular disease.
Purpose: We decide to evaluate the impact of sex difference on the 2-year clinical outcomes in Korean acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients who currently smoke and who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES).
Methods: The data of this study was obtained from the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction (KAMIR) registry. More than fifty high-volume universites or community hospitals with facilities for primary PCI and onsite cardiac surgery participated in this KAMIR registry. A total of 12565 current smoker AMI patients were enrolled and divided into the male (n=11767, 93.6%) or female (n=798, 6.4%) group. The clinical endpoint was the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) defined as all-cause death, recurrent myocardial infarction (re-MI), and total repeat revascularization.
Results: Before risk adjustment, the cumulative incidences of MACE (7.2% vs. 10.0%, hazard ratio [HR], 1.419; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.125–1.790; P=0.003), all-cause death (HR, 1.988; 95% CI, 1.417–2.789; P<0.001), and re-MI (HR, 1.885; 95% CI, 1.154–3.078; P=0.011) were significantly higher in the female group compared with the male group. However, after adjustment the cumulative incidences of MACE (adjusted HR, 1.047; 95% CI, 0.756–1.450; P=0.782), all-cause death, re-MI, total repeat revascularization, TLR, TVR, and non-TVR were similar between the two groups.
Conclusion: Before risk adjustment, a gender difference was suggested in the female group compared with the male in these current smoker South Korean AMI patients during a 2-year follow-up period. However, after adjustment, gender difference was not observed in these AMI patients with a history of current smoking.
