Table 1.

Details of the study participants (mean±SD and N (%))

	Anaemia (n=30)	No anaemia (n=193)	p Difference
Men	22 (73.3%)	166 (86.0%)	0.10
Women	8 (26.7%)	27 (14.0%)
Age (years)	61.70±11.4	59.28±11.7	0.29
Ethnicity (Caucasian)	27 (90.0%)	159 (82.4%)	0.43
Married	21 (70.0%)	139 (72.0)	0.83
Education (secondary and above)	15 (50.0%)	85 (44.3%)	0.45
Smoking	10 (33.3%)	75 (38.9%)	0.69
History of depression	11 (36.7%)	56 (29.0%)	0.40
Negative mood in hospital	3.18±2.6	3.76±2.8	0.69
GRACE score	97.67±28.5	90.54±26.0	0.17
Vessels with significant stenosis	1.97±0.55	1.83±0.56	0.43
ACS type (STEMI)	25 (83.3%)	171 (88.6%)	0.88
Previous MI	6 (20.0%)	21 (10.9%)	0.22
CK level (IU/l)*	1209.9±960	1806.4±1639	0.028
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	11.67±1.15	14.88±1.22	0.001
Haematocrit (%)	35.64±3.9	42.61±3.8	0.001

^*n=210, analysed following log transformation.

GRACE, Global Registry of Acute Cardiac Events; MI, myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction.