The effects of gender and age on occurrence of clinically suspected myocarditis in adulthood
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Objective To study the effects of gender and age on occurrence of myocarditis. Design Nationwide, multicentre registry study in Finland. Setting All medical hospital admissions (n=1 698 397) of patients aged ≥ 16 years during 9.5 years in 29 hospitals. Patients 3198 myocarditis patients. Results Myocarditis was more common in men (76.61%; 95% CI 75.11% to 78.05%) than in women (23.39%; 95% CI 21.95% to 24.89%, p Conclusions Men are significantly more susceptible to myocarditis than women. Young men are especially at risk for acquiring myocarditis, while women are affected most commonly at the postmenopausal age. The proportion of hospital admissions caused by myocarditis has an inverse, logarithmic association with age.
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- Authors
- Kytö, V., Sipilä, J., & Rautava, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Turku (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Kytö, Ville
- Venue
- Heart
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2013-09-23
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 22
- Pages
- 1681-1684
- ISSN
- 1355-6037 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-201X
- OpenAlex
- W2119169318
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 2.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Heart (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
- Keywords
- myocarditis, sex differences, age distribution, hospitalization, cardiovascular admissions, postmenopausal women, young men
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Finland, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocarditis, Registries, Retrospective Studies, Sex Factors, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, Young Adult
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