2023
Sex‐Specific Associations of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk With Patient Characteristics and Functional Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence From the VIRGO Study
Gupta A, Barthel A, Mahajan S, Dreyer R, Yaggi H, Bueno H, Lichtman J, Krumholz H. Sex‐Specific Associations of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk With Patient Characteristics and Functional Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence From the VIRGO Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e027225. PMID: 37702090, PMCID: PMC10547292, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.027225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive sleep apneaAcute myocardial infarctionHigh OSA riskOSA riskSex-specific associationsFunctional outcomeHealth statusHigh riskVIRGO StudyMyocardial infarctionDepressive symptomsHistory of OSATime of AMIImpact of OSAObstructive sleep apnea riskLow-risk patientsSleep apnea riskMajority of patientsTime of presentationSex-specific outcomesWorse health statusHigh-risk menPoor health statusMental health statusPoor health outcomesImpact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Zhu C, Dreyer R, Li F, Spatz E, Caraballo‐Cordovez C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit E, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Spertus J, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman J. Impact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e030031. PMID: 37589125, PMCID: PMC10547344, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac-specific qualityGeneric health statusMyocardial infarctionBaseline healthMarital stressHealth outcomesHealth statusWorse patient-reported outcomesMental healthYoung adultsObservational cohort studyPatient-reported outcomesSocioeconomic factorsWorse mental healthReadmission 1Cause readmissionCohort studyYounger patientsRoutine screeningDepressive symptomsGreater oddsAnginaMale participantsOutcomesSex Difference in Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients
Sawano M, Lu Y, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Dreyer R, Lichtman J, D'Onofrio G, Spatz E, Khera R, Onuma O, Murugiah K, Spertus J, Krumholz H. Sex Difference in Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2023, 81: 1797-1806. PMID: 37137590, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionNoncardiac hospitalizationsSubdistribution HRYounger patientsMyocardial infarctionSex differencesYoung womenCause-specific hospitalizationsCause of hospitalizationWorse health statusSignificant sex disparityNoncardiovascular hospitalizationsVIRGO StudyIndex episodeAdverse outcomesIncidence rateHospitalizationHigh riskSex disparitiesHealth statusPatientsU.S. hospitalsWomenInfarctionOutcomes
2021
Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018
Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Lu Y, Valero-Elizondo J, Massey D, Annapureddy AR, Roy B, Riley C, Murugiah K, Onuma O, Nunez-Smith M, Forman HP, Nasir K, Herrin J, Krumholz HM. Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018. JAMA 2021, 326: 637-648. PMID: 34402830, PMCID: PMC8371573, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.9907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care accessFair health statusSelf-reported health statusCare accessHealth statusWhite individualsEthnic differencesLatino/HispanicNational Health Interview Survey dataSerial cross-sectional studySelf-reported functional limitationsBlack individualsHealth Interview Survey dataLow incomeCross-sectional studyCross-sectional survey studyInterview Survey dataSelf-reported raceSelf-report measuresMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsFunctional limitationsPercentage of peopleSignificant decreaseAdults