. 2006 Apr 7;5:8. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-5-8

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of patients presenting to hospital with MI

	Group A Diabetes Anemia n = 716	Group B Diabetes No Anemia n = 1894	Group C No Diabetes Anemia n = 869	Group D No Diabetes No Anemia n = 3987
Age [years] (SD)	74.0 (11.1)^bb,c,dd	67.8 (12.5)^aa,cc,dd	76.1 (13.2)^a,bb,dd	64.2 (13.9)^aa,bb,cc
Male [%]	51.8^b,c,d	58.0^a,d	58.8^a,d	67.7^a,b,c
BMI [kg/m²] (SD)	28.2 (6.6)^bb,cc	29.6 (6.2)^aa,cc,dd	26.1 (5.6)^aa,bb,dd	27.7 (5.1)^bb,cc
Systolic BP [mmHg] (SD)	133 (34)^bb,dd	146 (33))^aa,cc,dd	133 (32)^bb,dd	142 (29)^aa,bb,cc
Diastolic BP [mmHg] (SD)	75 (17)^bb,dd	85 (18))^aa,cc	75 (18)^bb,dd	84 (21)^aa,cc
Glucose [mg/dL] (mmol/L)	252 (14.0)^cc,dd	256 (14.2)^cc,dd	130 (7.2)^aa,bb	130 (7.2)^aa,bb
Hemoglobin [g/dL]	10.83^bb,cc,dd	14.44^aa,cc	11.10^aa,bb,dd	14.50^aa,cc
Total Chol [g/dL] (mmol/L)	173 (4.47)^bb,dd	191 (4.95)^aa,cc,dd	174 (4.50)^bb,dd	198 (5.11)^aa,bb,cc
LDL [mmol/L](mg/dL)	103 (2.66)^d	114 (2.96)	109 (2.82)	128 (3.30)^a
HDL [mmol/L] (mg/dL)	41 (1.05)	52 (1.34)	41 (1.07)	49 (1.28)
Creatinine [μmol/L] (mg/dL)	2.0 (180)^bb,cc,dd	1.2 (110)^aa,cc,dd	1.7 (153)^aa,bb,dd	1.1 (100)^aa,bb,cc
Creatinine Clearance [mL/min]	39.2^bb,dd	61.4^aa,cc,dd	41.5^bb,dd	64.6^aa,bb,cc
Creatinine Kinase [U/L]	835 ^bb,dd	1072^aa,cc	842^bb,dd	1137^aa,cc
CK-MB [U/L]	67^bb,dd	61.4^aa,cc,dd	41.5^bb,dd	64.6^aa,bb,cc
ST-elevation on ECG (%)	27.3^bb,c,dd	38.9^aa,cc,d	32.3^a,bb,dd	43.2^aa,b,cc

a signifies p < 0.05 between group A and current group. b signifies p < 0.05 group B and current group. c signifies p < 0.05 between group C and current group. d signifies p < 0.05 between group D and current group. Double symbol (e.g. aa) signifies p < 0.001.