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. 2025 Aug 22;15:30906. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-17016-y

Table 1.

Demographic and medical history before propensity score matching.

Characteristic All Pre-pandemic During-pandemic Post-pandemic P
(n = 7,650) (n = 2,252) (n = 3,878) (n = 1,520)
Age, years 57.20 (9.09) 56.64 (9.01) 57.54 (8.98) 57.13 (9.47) 0.001
Male, n (%) 5,934 (77.6%) 1,756 (77.98%) 2,992 (77.15%) 1,186 (78.03%) 0.677
BMI, kg/m2 25.8 (3.20) 25.69 (3.16) 25.89 (3.21) 25.88 (3.25) 0.040
Syntax score 10.3 (7.83) 10.25 (7.96) 10.40 (7.77) 10.22 (7.78) 0.658
Medical history, n (%)
Smoking < 0.001
Never 3,627 (47.4%) 1,010 (44.85%) 1,825 (47.06%) 792 (52.11%)
Former 1,289 (16.8%) 412 (18.29%) 658 (16.97%) 219 (14.41%)
Active 2,734 (35.7%) 830 (36.86%) 1,395 (35.97%) 509 (33.49%)
Drinking 0.004
Never 5,642 (73.8%) 1,629 (72.34%) 2,913 (75.12%) 1,100 (72.37%)
Former 513 (6.71%) 170 (7.55%) 257 (6.63%) 86 (5.66%)
Active 1,495 (19.5%) 453 (20.12%) 708 (18.26%) 334 (21.97%)
Hypertension 4,518 (59.1%) 1,315 (58.39%) 2,295 (59.18%) 908 (59.74%) 0.696
Diabetes mellitus 2,078 (27.2%) 576 (25.58%) 1,070 (27.59%) 432 (28.42%) 0.109
Previous AMI 1,352 (17.7%) 436 (19.36%) 606 (15.63%) 310 (20.39%) < 0.001
Stroke 637 (8.33%) 216 (9.59%) 278 (7.17%) 143 (9.41%) 0.001
Previous PCI 2,839 (37.1%) 780 (34.64%) 1,378 (35.53%) 681 (44.80%) < 0.001
Heart failure 39 (0.51%) 10 (0.44%) 18 (0.46%) 11 (0.72%) 0.423
Atrial fibrillation 224 (2.93%) 62 (2.75%) 93 (2.40%) 69 (4.54%) < 0.001
CKD 34 (0.44%) 7 (0.31%) 15 (0.39%) 12 (0.79%) 0.071
Arrhythmia 272 (3.56%) 92 (4.09%) 107 (2.76%) 73 (4.80%) < 0.001
Presentation < 0.001
UA 6,800 (88.9%) 1,912 (84.91%) 3,487 (89.92%) 1,401 (92.17%)
NSTEMI 549 (7.18%) 205 (9.10%) 260 (6.70%) 84 (5.53%)
STEMI 301 (3.92%) 135 (5.99%) 131 (3.38%) 35 (2.30%)
Target vessel 0.753
D 342 (4.47%) 98 (4.35%) 165 (4.25%) 79 (5.20%)
LAD 3,707 (48.5%) 1,074 (47.69%) 1,907 (49.17%) 726 (47.76%)
LCX 1,242 (16.2%) 364 (16.16%) 622 (16.04%) 256 (16.84%)
LM 251 (3.28%) 81 (3.60%) 122 (3.15%) 48 (3.16%)
RCA 2,108 (27.6%) 635 (28.20%) 1,062 (27.39%) 411 (27.04%)

Bold value indicates a statistically significant difference.

A p-values of the relationship trends of the three groups of variables are also given in the table.

Data are mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or number (%).

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; LEVF, left ventricular ejection fraction; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CKD, chronic kidney disease; UA, Unstable Angina; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI, Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; D, diagonal branch; LAD, Left anterior descending artery; LCx, Left circumflex artery; LM, Left main trunk; RCA, Right coronary artery.