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Table 1 Patient characteristics according to diabetes classification.

From: Diabetes is an independent predictor of survival 17 years after myocardial infarction: follow-up of the TRACE registry

 

Diabetes (n = 719)

No diabetes (n = 5949)

P Value

Age (SD)

69.5

67.1

<0.0001

Gender. %

41.3

31.5

<0.0001

   Women

58.7

68.5

 

   Men

   

Body mass index (SD)

26.7

25.6

<0.0001

Creatinine (mean). μmol/l

117

107

<0.0001

Hypertension. %

36.3

21.0

<0.0001

Angina pectoris %

48.1

35.5

<0.0001

Previous MI. %

32.3

22.3

<0.0001

Heart failure*. %

69.0

51.8

<0.0001

Current smoking. %

36.1

53.4

<0.0001

Thrombolysis. %

27.0

42.5

<0.0001

Previous stroke. %

13.2

7.6

<0.0001

Diuretic treatment. %

64.2

42.3

<0.0001

NYHA. %

   

   Class I

47.0

58.4

<0.0001

   Class II

34.8

28.3

 

   Class III

6.9

3.9

 

   Class IV

9.0

6.3

 

Killip. %

   

   Class I

69.5

79.9

<0.0001

   Class II

22.0

14.2

 

   Class III

2.2

2.11

 

   Class IV

6.3

3.8

 

Wall motion index. %

   

   >1.6

21.1

34.1

<0.0001

   1.3-1.6

20.9

23.9

 

   0.8-1.2

40.1

31.1

 

   <0.8

8.2

4.7

 
  1. SD, standard deviation; NYHA, New York Heart Association;
  2. P-values calculated with the use of chi2-test for discrete variables and t-test for continuous variables.
  3. *History of heart failure and in-hospital heart failure