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. 2007 Feb 16;93(9):1087–1092. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.099762

Table 3 Incidence of coronary events during in‐hospital and at 1‐year follow‐up.

Tertile I (n = 550) Tertile II (n = 550) Tertile III (n = 550) p Value
In‐hospital events
 Death 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 6 (1.1%) 0.033
  Cardiac 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 5 (0.9%) 0.076
  Non‐cardiac 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.2%) 0.7
 MI
  Non‐Q‐wave 38 (6.9%) 58 (10.5%) 56 (10.2%) 0.061
  Q‐wave 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.4%) 0.7
 Urgent revascularisation 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 4 (0.7%) 0.2
Cumulative events at 1‐year
 Death 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) 16 (2.9%) <0.001
  Cardiac 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) 12 (2.2%) <0.001
  Non‐cardiac 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (0.7%) 0.025
 MI
  Non‐Q‐wave 40 (7.3%) 59 (10.7%) 60 (10.9%) 0.041
  Q‐wave 3 (0.5%) 2 (0.4%) 4 (0.7%) 0.7
 Target vessel revascularisation 19 (3.5%) 35 (6.4%) 31 (5.6%) 0.1
 Primary end point* 4 (0.7%) 3 (0.5%) 16 (2.9%) 0.003
 Any coronary event† 22 (4.0%) 36 (6.5%) 44 (8.0%) 0.006

MI, myocardial infarction.

*The primary end point was a major coronary event, defined as cardiac death or Q‐wave myocardial infarction.

†Major coronary events and target vessel revascularisation.