Penttinen J, Valonen P
Kuopio Regional Institute of Occupational Health, Finland.
Am J Public Health. 1996 Oct;86(10):1440-2. doi: 10.2105/ajph.86.10.1440.
This study determined whether people visiting a doctor because of infection had an increased risk of myocardial infarction.
For 83 case patients and 249 matched control patients nested in a cohort of 3172 Finnish male farmers, comparisons were made on the basis of visits to a doctor because of infection.
Infections of the upper respiratory tract were statistically significantly associated with coronary artery disease. The odds ratio was 3.2 (95% confidence interval = 1.2, 8.5) for patients visiting a doctor four or more times because of infection of upper respiratory tract compared with patients with three or fewer visits.
Men in this sample with recurrent or chronic infections of the upper respiratory tract exhibited a pronounced risk for myocardial infarction.
本研究旨在确定因感染就诊的人群发生心肌梗死的风险是否增加。
在3172名芬兰男性农民队列中纳入83例病例患者和249例匹配的对照患者，根据因感染就诊情况进行比较。
上呼吸道感染与冠状动脉疾病在统计学上具有显著相关性。因上呼吸道感染就诊4次或更多次的患者与就诊3次或更少次的患者相比，比值比为3.2（95%置信区间 = 1.2, 8.5）。
该样本中患有复发性或慢性上呼吸道感染的男性表现出明显的心肌梗死风险。
