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SUBMITTER: Kragholm K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4856566 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kragholm Kristian K Goldstein Sarah A SA Yang Qinghong Q Lopes Renato D RD Schulte Phillip J PJ Bernacki Gwen M GM White Harvey D HD Mahaffey Kenneth W KW Giugliano Robert P RP Armstrong Paul W PW Harrington Robert A RA Tricoci Pierluigi P Van de Werf Frans F Alexander John H JH Alexander Karen P KP Newby L Kristin LK
Circulation 20160308 16
<h4>Background</h4>Representation by age ensures appropriate translation of clinical trial results to practice, but, historically, older patients have been underrepresented in clinical trial populations. As the general population has aged, it is unknown whether clinical trial enrollment has changed in parallel.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We studied time trends in enrollment, clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes by age among 76 141 patients with non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronar ...[more]