Myocardial Infarction in Young Men in Relation to Vasectomy
Objectives
- To determine whether vasectomy in young men is associated with subsequent increased risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction.
- To examine other risk factors for nonfatal myocardial infarction in young men.
Methods
Cases of acute first episode of myocardial infarction in men under the age of 55 were ascertained by weekly telephone calls to the coronary care units of 78 collaborating hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts and Southern Connecticut. Locally stationed nurse-interviewers interviewed cases and hospital controls. They obtained data on general characteristics, history of vasectomy, smoking history and presence of other risk factors for myocardial infarction.
Results
Vasectomy was not associated with the risk of myocardial infarction.
Investigators and Study Staff
Lynn Rosenberg, Sc.D., Principal Investigator
Study Details
Source of Funding:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Study Period:
April 1980 to October 1983
Publications
- Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Kelly JP, Kaufman DW, Shapiro S. Coffee drinking and nonfatal myocardial infarction in men under 55 years of age. Am J Epidemiol 1988;128:570-8.
- Kaufman DW, Palmer JR, Rosenberg L, Shapiro S. Cigar and pipe smoking and myocardial infarction in young men. BMJ 1987;294:1315-6.
- Rosenberg L, Schwingl PJ, Kaufman DW, Helmrich SP, Palmer JR, Shapiro S. The risk of myocardial infarction 10 or more years after vasectomy in men under 55 years of age. Am J Epidemiol 1986;123:1049-56.
- Strom BL, Schinnar R, Crown V, Soloway R, Stolley PD, Rosenberg L, Kaufman DW, Helmrich SP, Shapiro S. Does gallbladder removal protect against subsequent myocardial infarction? Am J Epidemiol 1986;124:420-7.
- Kaufman DW, Rosenberg L, Helmrich SP, Shapiro S. Alcoholic beverages and myocardial infarction in young women. Am J Epidemiol 1985;121:548-54.
- Rosenberg L, Kaufman DW, Helmrich SP, Shapiro S. The risk of myocardial infarction after quitting smoking in men under 55 years of age. N Engl J Med 1985;313:1511-4.
- Kaufman DW, Helmrich SP, Rosenberg L, Miettinen OS, Shapiro S. Nicotine and carbon monoxide content of cigarette smoke and the risk of myocardial infarction in young men. N Engl J Med 1983;308:409-13.