American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1583-1588 , 15 December 2008

Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Lifestyle Behavior Modifications Among Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Raymond H.M. Chan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Neil F. Gordon, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nationwide Better Health, Savannah, Georgia
    • INTERxVENT Coordinating Center, Savannah, Georgia
    • ,
  • Alice Chong, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • David A. Alter, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit of Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Division of Cardiology and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 416-480-5838; fax: 416-480-6048
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  • Socio-Economic and Acute Myocardial Infarction Investigators

Received 6 June 2008 ,Revised 2 August 2008 ,Accepted 2 August 2008.

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 The Socio-Economic and Acute Myocardial Infarction (SESAMI) study is supported by an operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The SESAMI pilot study was supported by the 1988 Michael Smith Award of Excellence from the Medical Research Council of Canada. The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences is supported in part by a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health. Dr. Alter is a career investigator with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and the chief scientific officer of Intervent Canada (PrevCan), a therapeutic lifestyle and disease-management program; Dr. Gordon is the chief medical and scientific officer of Nationwide Better Health, Savannah, Georgia.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01379-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.022

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1583-1588 , 15 December 2008

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