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. 2012 Mar 12;7(3):e32478. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032478

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of subjects according to sex.

Variable Overall, N = 1467 Male, N = 1159 Female, N = 308 Z or Chi-square test p-value
Age, years 65 (55–74) 63 (54–72) 70 (63–77) −8.109 <0.001
Body temperature, °C 36.7 (36.5–36.9) 36.7 (36.5–36.9) 36.7 (36.5–36.9) −0.352 0.725
Heart rate, beats/minute 75 (65–85) 75 (65–85) 76 (65–87) −0.595 0.552
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg 120 (110–135) 120 (110–135) 126 (110–140) −3.533 <0.001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg 75 (70–81) 75 (70–80) 75 (68–83) −0.519 0.604
Respiratory rate, breaths/min 18 (18–20) 18 (18–20) 19 (18–20) −3.562 <0.001
Anterior-wall AMI (%) 837 655 (56.5) 182 (59.1) 0.659 0.417
Inferior-wall AMI (%) 581 464 (40.0) 117 (38.0) 0.426 0.514
Lateral-wall AMI (%) 49 40 (3.5) 9 (2.9) 0.211 0.646
Hyptertension (%) 814 636 (54.9) 178 (57.8) 0.838 0.360
Diabetes mellitus (%) 348 256 (22.1) 92 (29.0) 8.144 0.004
Current smoker (%) 649 629 (54.3) 20 (6.5) 225.170 <0.001

Data are presented as average values (range) or percentage.