TABLE 3.

Summary of in-hospital procedures and lipid therapy status at discharge

	Intervention Group (n = 64)	Control group (n = 63)	P
Duration of hospitalization, days (mean ± SD)	6.2 ± 3.4	7.4 ± 5.6	NS*
Procedure performed during index admission, %
Thrombolysis	23.4	22.2	NS†
Stenting	64.1	68.3	NS†
PTCA	6.3	4.8	NS‡
Initiation or modification of a lipid- lowering therapy before discharge, %	71.9	66.7	NS†

^*Nonpaired Student’s t test;

^†χ² test;

^‡Fisher’s exact test (as frequencies of several cells were less than five). NS Not significant; PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty