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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases the mortality risk after acute coronary syndrome treated with coronary artery bypass surgery

 

Diabetes mellitus

No. of patients (527) (%)

Non-diabetic

No. of patients (780) (%)

p value

Age, years (mean ± SD)

65 ± 10

64 ± 12

0.096

Sex (male)

399 (76)

645 (83)

0.003

Hypertension

375 (71)

411 (53)

< 0.001

Current smokers

158 (30)

286 (37)

0.020

Dyslipidemia

399 (76)

486 (63)

< 0.001

COPD

21 (5)

27 (5)

0.641

Family history of CAD

118 (24)

190 (25)

0.632

BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SD)

28.4 ± 8

28 ± 16.4

0.701

Prior MI

154 (29)

213 (27)

0.445

Prior PCI

157 (30)

156 (20)

< 0.001

Renal impairment

61 (12)

44 (6)

< 0.001

Peripheral vascular disease

63 (12)

60 (8)

0.013

CVA/TIA

54 (10)

59 (8)

0.108

Congestive heart failure

55 (10)

33 (4)

< 0.001

On-site cardiac surgery unit

274 (52)

417 (53)

0.642

Prior medications

Insulin

89 (20)

0 (0)

< 0.001

Oral antihyperglycemic agents

320 (69)

0 (0)

< 0.001

Aspirin

297 (65)

294 (44)

< 0.001

Clopidogrel

43 (9)

37 (6)

0.015

ACE-I

148 (48)

97 (23)

< 0.001

ARBs

42 (13)

32 (8)

0.015

Beta blockers

197 (43)

217 (33)

0.001

Statins

266 (59)

262 (40)

< 0.001

Calcium channel blockers

122 (27)

113 (17)

< 0.001

Nitrates

67 (15)

78 (12)

0.169

Aldosterone receptor antagonist

2 (1)

2 (1)

1.000

Diuretics

75 (20)

70 (13)

0.004

  1. SD standard deviation, COPD chronic obstruction pulmonary disease, CAD coronary artery disease, BMI body mass index, MI myocardial infarction, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CVA cerebrovascular accident, TIA transient ischemic attack, ACE-I angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB angiotensin II receptor blockers