Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Comparison of the Risk between Physicians and the General Population
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and comorbidities for physicians and controls.
Characteristic
Physicians n = 28,062
Controls n = 84,186
value
Age (years)
>0.999
0–34
3,583 (12.77)
10,749 (12.77)
35–49
14,242 (50.75)
42,726 (50.75)
≥50
10,237 (36.48)
30,711 (36.48)
Age (years)
46.81 ± 10.75
46.81 ± 10.75
>0.999
Gender
>0.999
Male
24,054 (85.72)
72,162 (85.72)
Female
4,008 (14.28)
12,024 (14.28)
Comorbidity
DM
<0.0001
Yes
2,269 (8.09)
8,010 (9.51)
No
25,793 (91.91)
76,176 (90.49)
HTN
<0.0001
Yes
6,619 (23.59)
16,050 (19.06)
No
21,443 (76.41)
68,136 (80.94)
Hyperlipidemia
<0.0001
Yes
5,994 (21.36)
10,887 (12.93)
No
22,068 (78.64)
73,299 (87.07)
Geographical area
<0.0001
North
13,149 (46.86)
43,306 (51.50)
Central
5,565 (19.83)
14,836 (17.64)
South
8,611 (30.69)
24,165 (28.74)
East
737 (2.63)
1,778 (2.11)
Level of hospital employed in
Medical Center
12,252 (43.66)
Regional hospital
3,725 (13.27)
Local hospital
6,382 (22.74)
Local clinic
5,703 (20.32)
Specialty
Internal medicine
6,745 (24.04)
Surgery
4,429 (15.78)
Obstetrics and gynecology
2,251 (8.02)
Pediatrics
3,032 (10.80)
Emergency medicine
552 (1.97)
Others
11,053 (39.39)
Data are presented as (%) or mean ± standard deviation. DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension. Comparison between the two groups was evaluated using Student’s t-test for continuous variables and Pearson tests for categorical variables. Significance was set at < 0.05 (two-tailed).
