cigarettes risk_factor_for myocardial infarction

Subject: cigarettes
Relation: risk_factor_for
Object: myocardial infarction
p-value: 0.05

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (2 sources)

Vital signs: current cigarette smoking among adults aged ≥18 years with mental illness - United States, 2009-2011. (2013) PMID:23388551 cited

Among current smokers, the average number of cigarettes smoked ... was higher among adults with AMI (331) compared with adults who did not have AMI (310) (p<.05).

confidence: 0.85

Clinical practice. Treating smokers in the health care setting. (2011) PMID:21991895 cited

Those who reduce their smoking ... experience rates of myocardial infarction ... closer to those of heavy smokers.

confidence: 0.92