Data on gender contrasts in the risk of incident myocardial infarction by age. The Tromsø Study 1979–2012
Grethe Albrektsen,
Ivar Heuch,
Maja-Lisa Løchen,
Dag Steinar Thelle,
Tom Wilsgaard,
Inger Njølstad,
Kaare Harald Bønaa
Affiliations
Grethe Albrektsen
Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Correspondence to: Unit for Applied Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gate 14, Pb. 8905, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Ivar Heuch
Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Maja-Lisa Løchen
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Dag Steinar Thelle
Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Section for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Tom Wilsgaard
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Inger Njølstad
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Kaare Harald Bønaa
Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Clinic for Heart Disease, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
The data presented in this article relate to the research article entitled “Risk of incident myocardial infarction by gender: Interactions with serum lipids, blood pressure and smoking. The Tromsø Study 1979–2012” (Albrektsen et al., 2017) [1]. Data quantify the gender differences in the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in terms of incidence rate ratios (IRR), in subgroups defined by serum lipids, blood pressure and smoking among persons aged 35–54 years, 55–74 years and 75–94 years, respectively. Data also describe the age- and gender-specific linear associations with the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors. IRRs for combined categories of age, gender and a CHD risk factor, with each category compared to the same reference group, are also shown. IRRs were calculated as estimates of relative risk in Poisson regression analyses of person-years at risk. Among 33,859 individuals at risk, a total of 622, 1308 and 816 were diagnosed with MI at ages 35–54, 55–74 and 75–94 years, respectively. Keywords: Myocardial infarction, Gender, Age, Lipids, Blood pressure, Smoking, Relative risk
