PMID- 6179958
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19821012
LR  - 20190829
IS  - 0021-9681 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9681 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 9
DP  - 1982
TI  - Exponential increase in age-specific prevalence of ventricular dysrhythmia among 
      males.
PG  - 743-50
AB  - Analyzing nine available studies of cardiac dysrhythmia among males shows an 
      exponential increase of the prevalence of dysrhythmia with increased age (16-74 
      yr). This pattern appears in unselected populations and in populations selected 
      for prior history of myocardial infarction. In 6 of 9 population groups the 
      exponent for the rate of increased prevalence of any ventricular premature 
      contractions (VPCs) with age was statistically indistinguishable from study to 
      study despite variations in length of monitoring, of local interpretations of 
      ECG, or of differences in the composition of these groups. Within each population 
      group the prevalence of "frequent" VPCs or of "complex" VPCs also increased 
      exponentially with age. The precise mathematical expression for the increase 
      suggests an etiologic explanation for cardiac dysrhythmia common to coronary 
      artery disease and myocardial infarctions which exhibit similar behavior.
FAU - Sherman, H
AU  - Sherman H
FAU - Sandberg, S
AU  - Sandberg S
FAU - Fineberg, H V
AU  - Fineberg HV
LA  - eng
GR  - HS 03314/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - England
TA  - J Chronic Dis
JT  - Journal of chronic diseases
JID - 2985123R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Arrhythmias, Cardiac/*epidemiology
MH  - Cardiac Complexes, Premature/epidemiology
MH  - Electrocardiography
MH  - Heart Ventricles/physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
EDAT- 1982/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1982/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1982/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1982/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1982/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1982/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1016/0021-9681(82)90098-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Chronic Dis. 1982;35(9):743-50. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(82)90098-4.