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Table 1 Characteristics of the patient population

From: Diabetes is an independent predictor of right ventricular dysfunction post ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Total n = 106

Age in years (median, IQR)

58 (53, 67)

Female, n (%)

12 (11.3)

Culprit vessel (%)

 LAD

58 (51.8)

 LCx

19 (17.9)

 RCA

29 (27.3)

Previous MI, n (%)

5 (4.7)

Diabetes, n (%)

32 (30.2)

Hypertension, n (%)

47 (44.3)

Smoking, n (%)

44 (41.9)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

34 (32.1)

Previous PCI, n (%)

3 (2.8)

Previous CABG, n (%)

1 (0.9)

Serum creatinine in umol/l (median, IQR)

78 (67, 93)

Peak CK in standard units/l (median, IQR)

1788 (986, 2767)

LVEF, mean (SD)

43.45 (8.0) %

RVEF, mean (SD)

51.77 (9.1) %

RVD

40 (40.4)

Multi-vessel CAD

61 (57.6)

TIMI ≥2

105 (99.1)

  1. Continuous variables that are not normally distributed are reported as median (IQR)
  2. Continuous variables that are normally distributes are reported as mean (standard deviation)
  3. Categorical variables are reported as frequencies and percentages