Association of socioeconomic status with myocardial infarction and complications of the myocardial infarction

Abstract

Aim: To determine the association socioeconomic status with myocardial infarction and complications of the myocardial infarction. Material and Method: We studied 67 patients (40 men and 27 women) who were admitted to Internal Medicine Clinic of Haseki Education and Research Hospital in between June 2007 and July 2008. Results: Of the patients, 40 (59,7 %) were men and 27 patients (40,3 %) were women. The average age of the patients was 58,6+9,77 years, ranging between 30 and 85. It was found that there was a statistically significant difference between patients' health insurance types (p=0,001). The rate of smoking men was higher than smoking women. So, smoking according to gender was also found statistically significant (p0,05). Conclusion: It was found that there was a statistically significant difference between patients social security institute (p=0,001). Between gender and smoking rates are seen as statistically significant difference (p