Influence of Smoking on the Location of Acute Myocardial Infarctions

Table 2

Definitions of smokers and nonsmokers used in the AMI cohorts.

Reference	Country	AMI patients	Definition of smokers	Definition of nonsmokers
[4]	USA	178	Current and former smokers	Lifelong nonsmokers
[5]	Ireland	697	Current and former smokers	Lifelong nonsmokers
[6]	Uruguay	788	Current and former smokers	Lifelong nonsmokers
[7]	Israel	637	Current smokers and recent quitters∗	Lifelong nonsmokers and former smokers†
[8]	Israel	666	Not stated	Not stated

∗Patients who had quit smoking less than 1 month prior to their AMI.
†Patients who had quit smoking more than 1 month prior to their AMI.