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2. Characteristics and Gender Differences of Headache in the Veterans Health Administration
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Sico, Jason Jonathon, Seng, Elizabeth K., Wang, Kaicheng, Skanderson, Melissa, Schindler, Emmanuelle A.D., Ney, John P., Lorenze, Nancy, Kimber, Addison, Lindsey, Hayley, Grinberg, Amy S., Kuruvilla, Deena, Higgins, Donald S., Graham, Glenn, Sandbrink, Friedhelm, Scholten, Joel, Shapiro, Robert E., Lipton, Richard B., and Fenton, Brenda T.
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- 2022
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3. Sex Differences in Inflammatory Markers and Health Status Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients) Study.
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Yuan Lu, Shengfan Zhou, Dreyer, Rachel P., Spatz, Erica S., Geda, Mary, Lorenze, Nancy P., D'Onofrio, Gail, Lichtman, Judith H., Spertus, John A., Ridker, Paul M., Krumholz, Harlan M., Lu, Yuan, and Zhou, Shengfan
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MYOCARDIAL infarction diagnosis ,MYOCARDIAL infarction-related mortality ,MYOCARDIAL infarction treatment ,AGE factors in disease ,BIOCHEMISTRY ,C-reactive protein ,CHI-squared test ,COMPARATIVE studies ,ESTERASES ,INFLAMMATORY mediators ,LONGITUDINAL method ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,MYOCARDIAL infarction ,REGRESSION analysis ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,RISK assessment ,SEX distribution ,COMORBIDITY ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,EVALUATION research ,HEALTH equity - Abstract
Background: Young women (≤55 years of age) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have higher mortality risk than similarly aged men. Elevated inflammatory markers are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes after AMI, but little is known about whether young women have higher inflammatory levels after AMI compared with young men.Methods and Results: We assessed sex differences in post-AMI inflammatory markers and whether such differences account for sex differences in 12-month health status, using data from 2219 adults with AMI, 18 to 55 years of age, in the United States. Inflammatory markers including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 were measured 1 month after AMI. Overall, women had higher levels of hsCRP and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 after AMI compared with men, and this remained statistically significant after multivariable adjustment. Regression analyses showed that elevated 1-month hsCRP was associated with poor health status (symptom, function, and quality of life) at 12 months. However, the association between hsCRP and health status became nonsignificant after adjustment for sociodemographics, comorbidities, and treatment factors. Half of these patients had residual inflammatory risk (hsCRP >3 mg/L) compared with a third who had residual cholesterol risk (Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol >100 mg/dL).Conclusions: Young women with AMI had higher inflammatory levels compared with young men. Elevated 1-month hsCRP was associated with poor health status at 12 months after AMI, but this was attenuated after adjustment for patient characteristics. Targeted anti-inflammatory treatments are worthy of consideration for secondary prevention in these patients if ongoing trials of anti-inflammatory therapy prove effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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4. Sex differences in lipid profiles and treatment utilization among young adults with acute myocardial infarction: Results from the VIRGO study.
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Lu, Yuan, Zhou, Shengfan, Dreyer, Rachel P., Caulfield, Michael, Spatz, Erica S., Geda, Mary, Lorenze, Nancy P., Herbert, Peter, D'Onofrio, Gail, Jackson, Elizabeth A., Lichtman, Judith H., Bueno, Héctor, Spertus, John A., Krumholz, Harlan M., and D'Onofrio, Gail
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Background: Young women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have higher mortality risk than similarly aged men. An adverse lipid profile is an important risk factor for cardiovascular outcomes after AMI, but little is known about whether young women with AMI have a higher-risk lipid pattern than men. We characterized sex differences in lipid profiles and treatment utilization among young adults with AMI.Methods: A total of 2,219 adults with AMI (1,494 women) aged 18-55 years were enrolled from 103 hospitals in the United States (2008-2012). Serum lipids and lipoprotein subclasses were measured 1 month after discharge.Results: More than 90% of adults were discharged on a statin, but less than half received a high-intensity dose and 12% stopped taking treatments by 1 month. For both men and women, the median of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was reduced to <100 mg/dL 1 month after discharge for AMI, but high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol remained <40 mg/dL. Multivariate regression analyses showed that young women had favorable lipoprotein profiles compared with men: women had higher HDL cholesterol and HDL large particle, but lower total cholesterol-to-HDL cholesterol ratio and LDL small particle.Conclusions: Young women with AMI had slightly favorable lipid and lipoprotein profiles compared with men, suggesting that difference in lipid and lipoprotein may not be a major contributor to sex differences in outcomes after AMI. In both men and women, statin remained inadequately used, and low HDL cholesterol level was a major lipid abnormality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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5. Sex Differences in the Presentation and Perception of Symptoms Among Young Patients With Myocardial Infarction
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Lichtman, Judith H., Leifheit, Erica C., Safdar, Basmah, Bao, Haikun, Krumholz, Harlan M., Lorenze, Nancy P., Daneshvar, Mitra, Spertus, John A., and D’Onofrio, Gail
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- 2018
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6. Editor’s Choice-Sex differences in young patients with acute myocardial infarction: A VIRGO study analysis
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Bucholz, Emily M, Strait, Kelly M, Dreyer, Rachel P, Lindau, Stacy T, D’Onofrio, Gail, Geda, Mary, Spatz, Erica S, Beltrame, John F, Lichtman, Judith H, Lorenze, Nancy P, Bueno, Hector, and Krumholz, Harlan M
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Aims: Young women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have a higher risk of adverse outcomes than men. However, it is unclear how young women with AMI are different from young men across a spectrum of characteristics. We sought to compare young women and men at the time of AMI on six domains of demographic and clinical factors in order to determine whether they have distinct profiles.Methods and results: Using data from Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO), a prospective cohort study of women and men aged ⩽55 years hospitalized for AMI (n= 3501) in the United States and Spain, we evaluated sex differences in demographics, healthcare access, cardiovascular risk and psychosocial factors, symptoms and pre-hospital delay, clinical presentation, and hospital management for AMI. The study sample included 2349 (67%) women and 1152 (33%) men with a mean age of 47 years. Young women with AMI had higher rates of cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities than men, including diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, renal failure, and morbid obesity. They also exhibited higher levels of depression and stress, poorer physical and mental health status, and lower quality of life at baseline. Women had more delays in presentation and presented with higher clinical risk scores on average than men; however, men presented with higher levels of cardiac biomarkers and more classic electrocardiogram findings. Women were less likely to undergo revascularization procedures during hospitalization, and women with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction were less likely to receive timely primary reperfusion.Conclusions: Young women with AMI represent a distinct, higher-risk population that is different from young men.
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- 2017
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7. Sexual Activity and Function in the Year After an Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Younger Women and Men in the United States and Spain
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Lindau, Stacy Tessler, Abramsohn, Emily, Bueno, Hector, D’Onofrio, Gail, Lichtman, Judith H., Lorenze, Nancy P., Sanghani, Rupa Mehta, Spatz, Erica S., Spertus, John A., Strait, Kelly M., Wroblewski, Kristen, Zhou, Shengfan, and Krumholz, Harlan M.
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IMPORTANCE: Most younger adults who experience an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are sexually active before the AMI, but little is known about sexual activity or sexual function after the event. OBJECTIVE: To describe patterns of sexual activity and function and identify indicators of the probability of loss of sexual activity in the year after AMI. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Data from the prospective, multicenter, longitudinal Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients study (conducted from August 21, 2008, to January 5, 2012) were assessed at baseline, 1 month, and 1 year. Participants were from US (n = 103) and Spanish (n = 24) hospitals and completed baseline and all follow-up interviews. Data analysis for the present study was conducted from October 15, 2014, to June 6, 2016. Characteristics associated with loss of sexual activity were assessed using multinomial logistic regression analyses. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Loss of sexual activity after AMI. RESULTS: Of the 2802 patients included in the analysis, 1889 were women (67.4%); median (25th-75th percentile) age was 49 (44-52) years (range, 18-55 years). At all time points, 637 (40.4%) of women and 437 (54.9%) of men were sexually active. Among people who were active at baseline, men were more likely than women to have resumed sexual activity by 1 month (448 [63.9%] vs 661 [54.5%]; P < .001) and by 1 year (662 [94.4%] vs 1107 [91.3%]; P = .01) after AMI. Among people who were sexually active before and after AMI, women were less likely than men to report no sexual function problems in the year after the event (466 [40.3%] vs 382 [54.8%]; P < .01). In addition, more women than men (211 [41.9%] vs 107 [30.5%]; P < .01) with no baseline sexual problems developed 1 or more incident problems in the year after the AMI. At 1 year, the most prevalent sexual problems were lack of interest (487 [39.6%]) and trouble lubricating (273 [22.3%]) among women and erectile difficulties (156 [21.7%]) and lack of interest (137 [18.8%]) among men. Those who had not communicated with a physician about sex in the first month after AMI were more likely to delay resuming sex (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.51; 95% CI, 1.11-2.05; P = .008). Higher stress levels (AOR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.01-1.83) and having diabetes (AOR, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.15-3.13) were significant indicators of the probability of loss of sexual activity in the year after the AMI. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Impaired sexual activity and incident sexual function problems were prevalent and more common among young women than men in the year after AMI. Attention to modifiable risk factors and physician counseling may improve outcomes.
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8. Gender differences in pre-event health status of young patients with acute myocardial infarction: A VIRGO study analysis
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Dreyer, Rachel P, Smolderen, Kim G, Strait, Kelly M, Beltrame, John F, Lichtman, Judith H, Lorenze, Nancy P, D’Onofrio, Gail, Bueno, Héctor, Krumholz, Harlan M, and Spertus, John A
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Aims: We assessed gender differences in pre-event health status (symptoms, functioning, quality of life) in young patients with acute myocardial infarction and whether or not this association persists following sequential adjustment for important covariates. We also evaluated the interaction between gender and prior coronary artery disease, given that aggressive symptom control is a cornerstone of care in those with known coronary disease.Methods and results: A total of 3501 acute myocardial infarction patients (2349 women) aged 18–55 years were enrolled from 103 US/24 Spanish hospitals (2008–2012). Clinical/health status information was obtained by medical record abstraction and patient interviews. Pre-event health status was measured by generic (Short Form-12, EuroQoL) and disease-specific (Seattle Angina Questionnaire) measures. T-test/chi-square and multivariable linear/logistic regression analysis was utilized, sequentially adjusting for covariates. Women had more co-morbidities and significantly lower generic mean health scores than men (Short Form-12 physical health = 43±12 vs. 46±11 and mental health = 44±13 vs. 48±11); EuroQoL utility index = 0.7±0.2 vs. 0.8±0.2 and visual analog scale = 63±22 vs. 67±20, P< 0.0001 for all. Their disease-specific health status was also worse, with more angina (Seattle Angina Questionnaire angina frequency = 83±22 vs. 87±18), worse physical function (physical limitation = 78±27 vs. 87±21) and poorer quality of life (55±25 vs. 60±22, P<0.0001 for all). In multivariable analysis, the association between female gender and worse generic physical/mental health persisted, as well as worse disease-specific physical limitation and quality of life. The interaction between gender and prior coronary artery disease was not significant in any of the health status outcomes.Conclusion: Young women have worse pre-event health status as compared with men, regardless of their coronary artery disease history. While future studies of gender differences should adjust for baseline health status, an opportunity may exist to better address the pre-event health status of women at risk for acute myocardial infarction.
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- 2016
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9. Gender Differences in the Trajectory of Recovery in Health Status Among Young Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Dreyer, Rachel P., Wang, Yongfei, Strait, Kelly M., Lorenze, Nancy P., D’Onofrio, Gail, Bueno, Héctor, Lichtman, Judith H., Spertus, John A., and Krumholz, Harlan M.
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Despite the excess risk of mortality in young women (55 years of age) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), little is known about young women’s health status (symptoms, functioning, quality of life) during the first year of recovery after an AMI. We examined gender differences in health status over time from baseline to 12 months after AMI.
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10. Sexual Activity and Counseling in the First Month After Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Younger Adults in the United States and Spain
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Lindau, Stacy Tessler, Abramsohn, Emily M., Bueno, Héctor, D’Onofrio, Gail, Lichtman, Judith H., Lorenze, Nancy P., Mehta Sanghani, Rupa, Spatz, Erica S., Spertus, John A., Strait, Kelly, Wroblewski, Kristen, Zhou, Shengfan, and Krumholz, Harlan M.
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11. Variation in recovery: Role of gender on outcomes of young AMI patients (VIRGO) study design.
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Lichtman, Judith H, Lorenze, Nancy P, D'Onofrio, Gail, Spertus, John A, Lindau, Stacy T, Morgan, Thomas M, Herrin, Jeph, Bueno, Héctor, Mattera, Jennifer A, Ridker, Paul M, and Krumholz, Harlan M
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MYOCARDIAL infarction diagnosis ,MYOCARDIAL infarction-related mortality ,MYOCARDIAL infarction treatment ,COMPARATIVE studies ,EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research ,HOSPITAL care ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,MYOCARDIAL infarction ,PROGNOSIS ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,SEX distribution ,SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry) ,EVALUATION research ,RELATIVE medical risk ,TREATMENT effectiveness - Abstract
Background: Among individuals with ischemic heart disease, young women with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) represent an extreme phenotype associated with an excess mortality risk. Although women younger than 55 years of age account for less than 5% of hospitalized AMI events, almost 16 000 deaths are reported annually in this group, making heart disease a leading killer of young women. Despite a higher risk of mortality compared with similarly aged men, young women have been the subject of few studies.Methods and Results: Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO) is a large, observational study of the presentation, treatment, and outcomes of young women and men with AMI. VIRGO will enroll 2000 women, 18 to 55 years of age, with AMI and a comparison cohort of 1000 men with AMI from more than 100 participating hospitals. The aims of the study are to determine sex differences in the distribution and prognostic importance of biological, demographic, clinical, and psychosocial risk factors; to determine whether there are sex differences in the quality of care received by young AMI patients; and to determine how these factors contribute to sex differences in outcomes (including mortality, hospitalization, and health status). Blood serum and DNA for consenting participants will be stored for future studies.Conclusions: VIRGO will seek to identify novel and prognostic factors that contribute to outcomes in this young AMI population. Results from the study will be used to develop clinically useful risk-stratification models for young AMI patients, explain sex differences in outcomes, and identify targets for intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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12. Variation in Recovery
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Lichtman, Judith H., Lorenze, Nancy P., D'Onofrio, Gail, Spertus, John A., Lindau, Stacy T., Morgan, Thomas M., Herrin, Jeph, Bueno, Héctor, Mattera, Jennifer A., Ridker, Paul M., and Krumholz, Harlan M.
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Among individuals with ischemic heart disease, young women with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) represent an extreme phenotype associated with an excess mortality risk. Although women younger than 55 years of age account for less than 5 of hospitalized AMI events, almost 16 000 deaths are reported annually in this group, making heart disease a leading killer of young women. Despite a higher risk of mortality compared with similarly aged men, young women have been the subject of few studies.
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13. Sex Differences in Inflammatory Markers and Health Status Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Lu, Yuan, Zhou, Shengfan, Dreyer, Rachel P., Spatz, Erica S., Geda, Mary, Lorenze, Nancy P., D’Onofrio, Gail, Lichtman, Judith H., Spertus, John A., Ridker, Paul M., and Krumholz, Harlan M.
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14. Abstract 207
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Dreyer, Rachel P, Smolderen, Kim G, Strait, Kelly M, Beltrame, John F, Lichtman, Judith H, Lorenze, Nancy, D'Onofrio, Gail, Bueno, Hector, Krumholz, Harlan M, and Spertus, John A
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Background:Young women have a worse prognosis following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) then young men. Health status (symptoms, functioning and quality of life) prior to an AMI has received little attention and the pre-existing health status of young women presenting with an AMI, as compared with men, is unknown.
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- 2014
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Dreyer, Rachel P, Strait, Kelly M, Lichtman, Judith H, Lorenze, Nancy, D'Onofrio, Gail, Bueno, Hector, Spertus, John A, and Krumholz, Harlan M
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Background:Despite the excess risk of mortality in young women following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), little effort has been made to describe their long-term outcomes, particularly with respect to their health status (symptoms, function and quality of life). Accordingly, we assessed gender differences in 1-year health status outcomes after AMI.
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- 2014
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Chen, Serene I, Wang, Yongfei, Dreyer, Rachel, Strait, Kelly M, Spatz, Erica S, Xu, Xiao, Smolderen, Kim G, Desai, Nihar, Lorenze, Nancy P, Lichtman, Judith H, Spertus, John A, D'Onofrio, Gail, and Krumholz, Harlan M
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Background:Lacking health insurance and having financial concerns are known barriers to emergency care access in patients with AMI. However we do not know whether being uninsured or underinsured is associated with increased prehospital delay among young adults specifically, and whether this relationship varies by gender.
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- 2014
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Dreyer, Rachel P, Smolderen, Kim G, Strait, Kelly M, Beltrame, John F, Lichtman, Judith H, Lorenze, Nancy P, D’Onofrio, Gail, Krumholz, Harlan M, and Spertus, John A
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Background:Young women are presumed to be at low risk for coronary artery disease and may have pre-existing angina that is undetected until they present with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The health status (symptoms, function and quality of life) of patients prior to their AMI has received little attention in the medical literature and the pre-existing health status of young women presenting with an AMI, as compared with men, is unknown.
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