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Levels and trends in cardiovascular risk factors and drug treatment in 4837 elderly Dutch myocardial infarction patients between 2002 and 2006
Journal article published in 2012 by
S. S. Soedamah-Muthu,
J. M. Geleijnse,
E. J. Giltay,
J. de Goede,
J. de Goede,
L. M. Oude Griep,
E. Waterham,
A. M. Teitsma-Jansen,
B. J. M. Mulder,
M.-J. de Boer,
M. J. de Boer,
J. W. Deckers,
P. L. Zock 
,
D. Kromhout
,
D. Kromhout
Abstract
Background : It is important to gain insight into opportunities for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Our aim was to investigate levels and trends in cardiovascular risk factors and drug treatment in Dutch post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients between 2002 and 2006 and to make comparisons with the EUROASPIRE surveys (1999–2007). ; Methods : We analysed data from 4837 post-MI patients (aged 69 years, 78% men) from 32 Dutch hospitals, using baseline cross-sectional data from the Alpha Omega Trial. ; Results : Between 2002 and 2006, significant declines were found in the prevalence of smoking (23% to 16%, p