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Table 1 Univariate clinical and demographic comparison between unstable angina, non-ST elevation and ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients

From: In-hospital death in acute coronary syndrome was related to admission glucose in men but not in women

 

UA*

NSTEMI

STEMI

p-value†

Patients, n (%)

304 (31.7)

443 (46.2)

212 (22.1)

 

Male, n (%)

164 (53.9)

280 (63.2)

152 (71.7)

a, b, c

Age (years) ‡

60.7 ± 0.4

63.3 ± 11.9

59.2 ± 12.8

a, c

Prior coronary artery disease, n (%)

198 (65.1)

239 (53.9)

70 (33.0)

a, b, c

Hypertension, n (%)

258 (84.9)

365 (82.4)

146 (68.9)

b, c

Current smoker, n (%)

51 (16.8)

89 (20.1)

72 (34.0)

b, c

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

171 (56.2)

228 (51.5)

67 (31.6)

b, c

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

104 (34.2)

167 (37.7)

55 (25.9)

c

Family history of coronary artery disease, n (%)

44 (14.5)

84 (18.9)

35 (16.5)

Non-significant

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

13.7 ± 1.6

13.6 ± 1.9

14.2 ± 1.8

b, c

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

1.2 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 1.3

1.1 ± 0.6

a

Troponin I (ng/mL)

1.3 ± 6.5

20.6 ± 34.5

56.6 ± 57.9

a, b, c

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

185.6 ± 48.3

180.5 ± 49.0

173.5 ± 44.0

b

Admission glucose (mg/dL)

126.9 ± 60.4

136.7 ± 72.1

136.4 ± 66.7

Non-significant

Ejection fraction (%)†

56.6 ± 14.0

51.2 ± 15.5

49.4 ± 12.9

a, b

Angiography, n (%)

289 (95.1)

421 (95.0)

212 (100.0)

b, c

Medical therapy only, n (%)

138 (45.4)

147 (33.2)

23 (10.8)

a, b, c

Percutaneous coronary intervention, n (%)

145 (47.7)

263 (59.4)

177 (83.5)

a, b, c

Surgery, n (%)

21 (6.9)

35 (7.9)

14 (6.6)

Non-significant

Length of stay (days)

4.6 ± 8.1

7.3 ± 12.3

4.8 ± 5.8

a, c

Mortality, n (%)

5 (1.6)

22 (5.0)

8 (3.8)

a

  1. *UA = unstable angina; NSTEMI = non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI = ST elevation myocardial infarction; †p-value: a = UA versus NSTEMI significant; b = UA versus STEMI significant; c = NSTEMI versus STEMI significant; ‡continuous variables are shown as mean (standard deviation), and categorical variables are shown as number (percentage).