Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Kathleen Franco-Bronson, Marijo Tamburrino, Nicolle McGowan
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2001)

Letters18 December 2001Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial InfarctionKathleen Franco-Bronson, MD, Marijo Tamburrino, MD, and Nicolle McGowan, MDKathleen Franco-Bronson, MDCleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195Medical College of Ohio at Toledo; Toledo, OH 43614Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195Search for more papers by this author, Marijo Tamburrino, MDCleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195Medical College of Ohio at Toledo; Toledo, OH 43614Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195Search for more papers by this author, and Nicolle McGowan, MDCleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195Medical College of Ohio at Toledo; Toledo, OH 43614Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-135-12-200112180-00016 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We congratulate Vaccarino and colleagues on their findings (1). We would like to expound on the authors' brief mention that depression may be related to prognosis and may disproportionately affect women, since this concept has important treatment implications.Women are known to have more depression than men, and large epidemiologic studies have found that older cohorts have less depression than younger ones (2). Women also show two peaks for onset of depression, one at puberty and one during perimenopause (3). Rates of depression decrease again after women are clearly postmenopausal (3). Most women would be expected to ...References1. Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM, Yarzebski J, Gore JM, Goldberg RJ. Sex differences in 2-year mortality after hospital discharge for myocardial infarction. Ann Intern Med. 2001;134:173-81. [PMID: 11177329] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Bruce ML, Avoy G. Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in late life. Primary Psychiatry. 1998; May:59-65. Google Scholar3. Pearlstein TB. Hormones and depression: what are the facts about premenstrual syndrome, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy? 1995 Am J Obstet Gynecol. 173:646-53. [PMID: 7645647] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Lasser K, Boyd JW, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, McCormick D, Bor DH. Smoking and mental illness: a population-based prevalence study. JAMA. 2000;284:2606-10. [PMID: 11086367] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Musselman DL, Evans DL, Nemeroff CB. The relationship of depression to cardiovascular disease: epidemiology, biology, and treatment. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1998;55:580-92. [PMID: 9672048] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Kathleen Franco-Bronson, MD; Marijo Tamburrino, MD; Nicolle McGowan, MDAffiliations: Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195Medical College of Ohio at Toledo; Toledo, OH 43614Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, OH 44195 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoSex Differences in 2-Year Mortality after Hospital Discharge for Myocardial Infarction Viola Vaccarino , Harlan M. Krumholz , Jorge Yarzebski , Joel M. Gore , and Robert J. Goldberg Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction Ernest H. Friedman Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction Viola Vaccarino and Robert J. Goldberg Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction J. Carlos Ayus and Allen I. Arieff Metrics Cited byHospital Admission Rates for a Racially Diverse Low-Income Cohort of Patients With Diabetes: The Urban Diabetes StudyWomen's Health LiteratureWatch 18 December 2001Volume 135, Issue 12Page: 1089-1090KeywordsArrhythmiaHeart diseasesHeart rateMortalityMyocardial infarctionPerimenopausePlatelet aggregationPopulation statisticsPubertySmoking cessation ePublished: 18 December 2001 Issue Published: 18 December 2001 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2001 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...