Nine-fold higher risk of acute myocardial infarction in subjects with type 1 diabetes compared to controls in Norway 1973–2017

• Published in: Cardiovascular diabetology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 59 - 8
• Main Authors: Saeed, Maryam, Stene, Lars C., Ariansen, Inger, Tell, Grethe S., Tapia, German, Joner, Geir, Skrivarhaug, Torild
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 27.04.2022; BMC
• Subjects: Acute myocardial infarction; Adolescent; Age; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Child; Children; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus (insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology; Education; Emigration; Epidemiology; Heart attacks; Hospitalization; Humans; Incidence; Male; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology; Myocardial Infarction - etiology; Personal identification numbers; Population; Probability; Registries; Risk; Risk Factors; Sex; Social inequality; Socioeconomic factors; Trends; Type 1 diabetes; Norway; Risk; Social inequality; Acute myocardial infarction; Type 1 diabetes; Epidemiology

We aimed to study the cumulative incidence and risk factors (sex, age, calendar year of diabetes onset, country of origin and educational level) of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in subjects with type 1 diabetes and matched controls. A nationwide cohort of subjects with type 1 diabetes diagnosed...