Table 2 Baseline Characteristics according to gender and age groups <65 and ≥65 years in 3901 patients admitted for primary angioplasty for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) without diabetes
Women | Men | p-value | Women | Men | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<65 | <65 | ≥65 | ≥65 | |||
N = 439 | N = 1701 | N = 590 | N = 1171 | |||
Age (year) | 55(48–60) | 54(49–59) | 0.41 | 75(70–81) | 73(69–78) | <0.001 |
History of, n (%) | ||||||
MI | 19(4%) | 113(7%) | 0.07 | 39(7%) | 176(15%) | <0.001 |
CABG | 5(1%) | 30(2%) | 0.36 | 13(2%) | 67(6%) | 0.001 |
PCI | 21(5%) | 117(7%) | 0.11 | 36(6%) | 141(12%) | <0.001 |
Stroke | 5(1%) | 21(1%) | 0.87 | 17(3%) | 57(5%) | 0.05 |
Risk factors | ||||||
History of hypertension | 142(32%) | 431(26%) | 0.004 | 267(45%) | 432(37%) | 0.001 |
Positive family history | 227(53%) | 841(51%) | 0.43 | 170(30%) | 310(27%) | 0.34 |
Current smoking | 280(65%) | 963(57%) | 0.004 | 123(21%) | 263(23%) | 0.41 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 65(15%) | 320(19%) | 0.06 | 99(17%) | 205(18%) | 0.66 |
Admission data | ||||||
Glucose (mmol/l) | 8.2 ± 2.2 | 8.0 ± 2.2 | 0.36 | 8.7 ± 2.1 | 8.4 ± 2.1 | 0.03 |
Killip class = 1 | 412(94%) | 1619(96%) | 0.22 | 519(88%) | 1066(91%) | 0.05 |
TIMI-3 before PCI | 105(27%) | 335(22%) | 0.06 | 116(24%) | 219(22%) | 0.36 |