Table 1.
Demography, lifestyle, and clinical characteristics of enrolled patients with acute myocardial infarction.
| Characteristics | N = 744; n (%) |
|---|---|
| Mean (SD) age in years | 51.7 (10.4) |
| Male | 677 (91) |
| Marital status | |
| Never married | 20 (2.7) |
| Married | 695 (93.4) |
| Divorced/widow/other | 29 (3.9%) |
| Location | |
| Rural | 351 (47.2) |
| Urban | 393 (52.8) |
| Education | |
| ≤primary level | 538 (72.3) |
| Primary to HSC | 143 (19.2) |
| Completed graduation | 63 (8.5) |
| Lifestyle | |
| Ever used tobacco | 551 (74.1) |
| Doing moderate to heavy physical activity every week | 383 (51.5) |
| Family history of cardiovascular diseases | 469 (63) |
| Self‐reported chronic illnesses or past illnesses | |
| At least one chronic illness | 442 (59.4) |
| Hypertension | 285 (38.3) |
| Diabetes | 187 (25.1) |
| High blood cholesterol | 63 (8.5) |
| Stroke | 23 (3.1) |
| Coronary heart disease | 68 (9.1) |
| Heart failure | 16 (2.2) |
| Structural heart disease | 2 (0.3) |
| History of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) | 9 (1.2) |
| History of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) | 2 (0.3) |
| Onset of AMI | |
| New | 678 (91.1) |
| Recurrent | 66 (8.9) |
| Type of AMI | |
| NSTEMI | 143 (19.2) |
| STEMI | 601 (80.8) |
| Subtype of STEMI | |
| Anterior STEMI | 189 (25.4) |
| Anteroseptal STEMI | 106 (14.2) |
| Inferior STEMI | 308 (41.4) |
| Lateral STEMI | 11 (1.5) |
| Other subtypes of STEMI | 71 (9.5) |
| Mean (SD) BMI | 25.4 (13.8) |
Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; NSTEMI, non‐ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction; SD, standard deviation; STEMI, ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction.