Research Article

Influence of Smoking on the Location of Acute Myocardial Infarctions

Table 3

Smokers (%) among inferior and anterior AMI patients in the five cohorts.

ReferenceInferior AMI (%)Anterior AMI (%)Odds ratio (95% CI)

[4]67.350.72.00 (1.08–3.70)
[5]84.774.41.90 (1.30–2.78)
[6]43.236.51.32 (1.03–1.73)
[7]41.936.41.26 (0.92–1.74)
[8]47.544.11.15 (0.85–1.57)
Pooled54.8546.861.38 (1.20–1.58)

AMI: acute myocardial infarction; CI: confidence interval.