Table 3.
Patients’ characteristics and MACE among the three groups according to CHA2DS2-VASc-HSF score
| Variables | Low score group (29 patients) |
Intermediate score group (83 patients) |
High score group (88 patients) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 51.93 ± 11.28 | 54.10 ± 8.91 | 58.76 ± 10.14 | 0.003 |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 0 | 5 (6.0) | 19 (21.6) | 0.001 |
| Hypertension | 11 (37.9) | 44 (53.0) | 63 (71.6) | 0.002 |
| Age ≥ 75 years | 0 | 0 | 7 (8.0) | 0.01 |
| DM | 6 (20.7) | 29 (34.9) | 62 (70.5) | < 0.001 |
| Prior stroke or TIA | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 4 (4.5) | 0.24 |
| Vascular disease | 0 | 23 (27.7) | 57 (64.8) | < 0.001 |
| Age (65–74 years) | 4 (13.8) | 13 (15.7) | 25 (28.4) | 0.07 |
| Male sex | 10 (34.5) | 60 (72.3) | 75 (85.2) | < 0.001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 4 (13.8) | 56 (67.5) | 87 (98.9) | < 0.001 |
| Smoking | 6 (20.7) | 43 (51.8) | 68 (77.3) | < 0.001 |
| Family history of CAD | 1 (3.4) | 22 (26.5) | 31 (35.2) | 0.004 |
| Syntax score | 4.48 ± 6.57 | 12.71 ± 9.11 | 24.60 ± 11.80 | < 0.001 |
| MACE | 0 | 3 (3.6) | 13 (14.8) | 0.006 |
| Death | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 0.528 |
| Nonfatal MI | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 6 (6.8) | 0.074 |
| Nonfatal stroke | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 4 (4.5) | 0.243 |
| Hospitalization for UA | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.3) | 0.655 |
Data are expressed in the form of mean ± SD or frequency (%).
CAD: coronary artery disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; MACE: major adverse cardiovascular events; MI: myocardial infarction; TIA: transient ischemic attack; UA: unstable angina.