AUTHOR=Alharbe Umar Abdolah , Alatawi Hanad Hassan , Amirthalingam Palanisamy , Daghriri Sultan Mohammed , Alhwiti Alanoud Abduallah , Alenazi Tahani Saud , Al Ahmare Abdulelah Turki S. , Zaitone Sawsan A. , Aljabri Ahmed , Hamdan Ahmed Mohsen 

TITLE=Ethnicity affects the risk factors of acute myocardial infarction and should be considered in educational programs

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.948028

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.948028

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>Acute Myocardial infarction is a non-communicable disease representing the leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia. Studying the ethnicity in its risk factors has been poorly investigated.</p><sec><title>Objectives</title><p>To compare risk factors among Saudi nationals and expatriates.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A retrospective cohort study for patients admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit of one of the largest tertiary care hospitals in Tabuk diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction from September 2018 to August 2019. Risk factors were compared among groups on the basis of their ethnicity.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>In total 18,746 patients were included. Gender and age were the predominant risk factors; Male (<italic>p</italic> &lt; <italic>0.05</italic>) and age &gt;50 years (<italic>p</italic> &lt; <italic>0.05</italic>). There were significant differences between Saudis and expatriates in all measurable parameters indicating that a genetic factor contributes to the risk factors, which was proved by the significant differences between the Middle East North Africa and South Asia subgroups. Interestingly, the mean values of laboratory results were higher than Saudi populations.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>The disparity in lipid profile among the studied groups addresses the patient ethnicity should be considered during education programs for the risk factors of cardiovascular disease.</p></sec>