TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of beta blockers on incidence of new coronary events in older persons with prior myocardial infarction and symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Ahn, Chul
PY - 2001/6/1
Y1 - 2001/6/1
N2 - Use of β blockers in this study was associated with a 53% significant independent reduction in the incidence of new coronary events after controlling the confounding effects of other prognostic variables. The stepwise Cox regression model showed that significant independent predictors of new coronary events were age (risk ratio 1.03 for an increment of 1 year of age), cigarette smoking (risk ratio 1.9), systemic hypertension (risk ratio 2.0), diabetes mellitus (risk ratio 1.6), serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥125 mg/dl (risk ratio 1.6), serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≤35 mg/dl (risk ratio 2.0), and use of β blockers (risk ratio 0.47).
AB - Use of β blockers in this study was associated with a 53% significant independent reduction in the incidence of new coronary events after controlling the confounding effects of other prognostic variables. The stepwise Cox regression model showed that significant independent predictors of new coronary events were age (risk ratio 1.03 for an increment of 1 year of age), cigarette smoking (risk ratio 1.9), systemic hypertension (risk ratio 2.0), diabetes mellitus (risk ratio 1.6), serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥125 mg/dl (risk ratio 1.6), serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≤35 mg/dl (risk ratio 2.0), and use of β blockers (risk ratio 0.47).
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01521-1
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01521-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 11377356
AN - SCOPUS:0035371384
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 87
SP - 1284
EP - 1286
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 11
ER -