Younger age potentiates post myocardial infarction survival disadvantage of women.

Background: Female patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) exhibit higher unadjusted in-hospital mortality rates compared to male patients. However, contradictory evidence exists on whether this survival disadvantage disappears after adjustment for age and other prognostic factors. This study, based on a countrywide survey of consecutive unselected patients with acute MI, examined whether female gender is an independent predictor of poor short-term outcome and less intensive in-hospital treatment.