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. 2011 Jul 29;11:14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-11-14

Table 1.

Clinical characteristic of patients with STEMI according to glucometabolic classifications by an OGTT in-hospital and after three months

In-hospital At three-month follow-up
NGR (n = 119) AGR (n = 105) P NGR (n = 151) AGR (n = 50) P

Age (years) 55 (50,63) 60 (54,71) <0.001 57 (51, 65) 61 (52, 72) 0.04
Men 106 (89.1) 79 (75.2) <0.01 129 (85.4) 36 (72.0) 0.03
Previous disorders
Treated dyslipidaemia 11 (9.2) 9 (8.6) 0.86 15 (9.9) 4 (8.0) 0.47
Treated hypertension 25 (21) 33 (31.4) 0.32 38 (25.2) 17 (34.0) 0.23
Previous acute MI 9 (7.6) 7 (6.7) 0.08 10 (6.6) 4 (8.0) 0.48
Previous angina pectoris 5 (4.2) 2 (1.9) 0.33 6 (4.0) 1 (2.0) 0.45
Current smoker 65 (54.6) 44 (41.9) 0.06 67 (44.4) 24 (48.0) 0.66
Body mass index (kg/m2) 25.9 (24.5, 28.7) 26.1 (24.3, 28.6) 0.82 26.1 (24.4, 28.5) 25.7 (24.1, 28.7) 0.73
Waist circumference 100 (94, 107) 99 (94, 107) 0.86 101 (94, 107) 98 (94, 107) 0.92
Cholesterol (mmo/L) 5.2 (4.5, 5.8) 5.1 (4.4, 5.8) 0.52 4.1 (3.8, 4.6) 4.0 (3.6, 4.8) 0.43
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 3.4 (2.7, 4.2) 3.3 (2.7, 4.0) 0.54 2.2 (1.8, 2.6) 2.1 (1.7, 2.6) 0.42
Triglycerides (mmo/L) 1.4 (1.0,1.8) 1.2 (0.9,1.8) 0.11 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) 1.2 (1.1, 1.6) 0.64
Stents 114 (95.8) 101 (96.2) 0.88 143 (94.7) 49 (98.0) 0.30
One-vessel disease 78 (65.5) 61 (58.1) 0.25 92 (60.9) 30 (60.0) 0.91
Left main disease 47 (39.5) 42 (40.0) 0.94 58 (38.4) 21 (42.0) 0.65
IIb/IIIa inhibitors 37 (31.1) 42 (40.0) 0.17 54 (35.8) 19 (38.0) 0.78
TnT peak value (ug/L) 4.47 (2.39, 7.32) 5.63 (2.78,10.89) 0.03 4.85 (2.45, 8.31) 4.97 (2.38, 10.25) 0.47
Measured at three-month.
LVEF1 (%) 64 (57, 70) 62 (52,69) 0.13 63.5 (56, 70) 63.5 (51, 69) 0.47
Infarct size2 (%) 9 (0, 25) 20 (4.5, 32) <0.001 13 (0, 27) 21.5 (0, 43) 0.04
Medication at discharge from CCU and after three months.
Aspirin 119 (100) 105 (100) 150 (99.3) 50 (100) 0.57
Clopidogrel 118 (99.2) 104 (99.0) 0.93 143 (94.7) 46 (92.0) 0.49
β-blockers 96 (80.7) 85 (81.0) 0.96 142 (94.0) 46 (92.0) 0.61
Lipid lowering agents 118 (99.2) 103 (99.1) 0.49 146 (96.7) 48 (96.0) 0.82
ACEIs 19 (16) 17 (16.2) 0.96 52 (34.4) 17 (34.0) 0.96
ARBs 8 (6.7) 10 (9.5) 0.44 21 (13.9) 4 (8.0) 0.27

Data are presented as median values (25, 75 percentiles) or proportions.

ACEIs: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, AGR: abnormal glucose regulation, acute MI: acute myocardial infarction, ARBs: angiotensin receptor blockers, CCU: coronary care unit, NGR: normal glucose regulation, TnT peak level: serum peak level of cardiac specific Troponin T. 1,2Measured at three months by SPECT analysis, 1LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, 2infarct size in % of left ventricular mass.