While male gender is an established risk factor for a first heart attack, study showed that fewer women survived from heart attack.
The study actually surveyed 4,900 persons aged 25 to 64 year-old with probable or definite first heart attack who were alive 28 days after the onset of symptoms.
It was found that at first heart attack, women were older and more likely to be hypertensive or diabetic than men. After making adjustment for age and geographic region, men had 1.74 times the risk of fatal coronary heart disease as compared to women over a 6-year follow-up period. The data suggested that men are far more likely than women to suffer from a fatal recurrent event.
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