Smoking habit at younger patients with acute myocardial infarction

The aim of the present study was to evaluate trends in hospitalization, risk factors and smoking habit for younger patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) over 6 years. The data of all patients with AMI at the Department of Internal Medicine from 1997-2002 were analyzed with accent on. younger population (<45 year). The group was composed of 967 AMI with similar frequency every year. Mortality rate was 16.2% in 1997 and 6.7% in 2002. Mortality was lower in smokers (3.1%) than non-smokers (12.2%). In this period 62 (6.4%) AMI patients were in younger age group. In 1997 admitted were 8.8% "young" AMI (76.9% males-m), 1998-5.9% (85.7% in), 1999-5.4% (71.4% in), 2000-5.9% (81.8% in), 2001-4.1% (75% in), 2002-8.2% (93.8% in). The first risk factor were smoking (77.4%) and dyslipidaemia (50%). less frequent were hypertension (20.9%) and diabetes (19.4%). At younger population AMI is increased, specially in males with growing proportion of smoking and dyslipidaemia.