Prognosis

• increasing age ^{a b}
• male sex ^{a b}

Why?

Increasing age and male sex increase the risk of dying

Patient	Prognostic Factor	Outcome	CER	RR (95% CI)	NNF+ (95% CI)
symptoms suggestive of MI a	age (increase per year added) independent	death at 5 years	26%	1.07 (1.06 to 1.08)
	female independent		26%	0.73 (0.64 to 0.84)	-14 (-24 to -11)