"Comparison of Sudden and Nonsudden Coronary Deaths in the United States."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Circulation, "Background: The present study was designed to compare risk factor prevalences in coronary heart disease deaths in persons dying within 1 hour of onset of cardiovascular symptoms (sudden coronary death), those dying without such sudden symptoms (nonsudden coronary death), and those with unknown duration of symptoms before death (other coronary death). Methods and Results: Data from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey and the US Bureau of the Census were examined to assess death rates for sudden, nonsudden, and other coronary deaths. Multivariate logistic regression methods were used to...

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