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The purpose of this study was to evaluate two national in-patient cohorts of young adults (18 to 44 years) hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) a decade apart to highlight its prevalence, associated comorbidities, and in-hospital outcomes.

We identified hospitalizations for AMI in young adults in 2007 and 2017 using the weighted data from the National Inpatient Sample. We compared admission rates, sociodemographic characteristics, in-hospital morbidity, complications, mortality, rate of coronary interventions, and healthcare utilization between the two cohorts.

We found that the admission rate of AMI increased among young adults in 2017 vs. 2007. The overall admission rate was higher in males, although with a decline (77.1% vs 66.1%), whereas it rose from 28.9% to 33.9% in females. Hypertension (47.8% vs 60.7%), smoking (49.7% vs 55.8%), obesity (14.8% vs 26.8 …