Table 2.
Clinical, biochemical, and lifestyle characteristics of ACS elderly patients (n = 277), according to the development of 30-day CVD events and their dietary habits.
| MedDietScore (0–55) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest tertile (<16) | Middle tertile (16–19) | Upper tertile (>19) | |||||||
| 30-day CVD event | 30-day CVD event | 30 day event | |||||||
| Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | |
| N, % | 31 | 78 | 8 | 75 | 22 | 63 | |||
| Age (yrs) | 77 ± 6 | 76 ± 6 | .731 | 76 ± 6 | 75 ± 6 | .707 | 75 ± 6 | 75 ± 5 | .767 |
| Gender (%male) | 57 | 59 | .918 | 35 | 38.5 | .632 | 34.5 | 46 | .003 |
| Hospital admission variables | |||||||||
| MI (%) | 95 | 74 | .001 | 50 | 61 | .745 | 60 | 74 | .458 |
| First CVD event (%) | 43 | 50 | .664 | 50 | 39 | .745 | 40 | 56 | .425 |
| Ejection Fraction (%) | 34.5 | 35 | .822 | 57.53.6 | 56.6 ± 23 | .859 | 65 ± 25 | 63 ± 19 | .817 |
| Revascularization (%) | 42 | 23 | .229 | 25 | 18 | .807 | 50 | 52 | .925 |
| Creatinine Clearance (mL) | 41.37 ± 24.94 | 58.36 ± 24.74 | .044 | 50 | 76 | .444 | 80 | 81 | .924 |
| Troponin I (ng·mL) | 6.71 ± 9.77 | 10.57 ± 21.6 | .415 | 9.5 ± 13 | 6.67 ± 17 | .751 | 12.4 ± 27 | 9.9 ± 28 | .819 |
| BNP (pg/mL) | 1089 ± 1043 | 642 ± 714 | .241 | 1460 ± 1045 | 629 ± 870 | .453 | 744 ± 440 | 375 ± 490 | .09 |
| Medical history variables | |||||||||
| CES- scale (0–60) | 21 ± 24 | 19 ± 9 | .947 | 34 ± 19 | 25 ± 15 | .924 | 41 ± 20 | 31 ± 13 | .467 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.4 ± 3.2 | 27.5 ± 3.7 | .057 | 33 ± 7.5 | 26.9 ± 4 | .295 | 27 ± 4 | 28.5 ± 9 | .487 |
| Physical active (%) | 36 | 47 | .482 | 67 | 61 | .875 | 70 | 70 | .984 |
| Smoking current (%) | 14 | 32 | .164 | 67 | 33 | .424 | 30 | 30 | .984 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia (%) | 57 | 53 | .808 | 67 | 55 | .755 | 80 | 65 | .384 |
| Hypertension (%) | 64 | 62 | .238 | 100 | 69 | .001 | 70 | 70 | .984 |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 43 | 53 | .541 | 67 | 48 | .645 | 60 | 33 | .176 |