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. 2011 Dec 29;141(6):1441–1448. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-2032

Table 3.

—Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With AMI According to a History of COPD

Total Study Population
Therapies/Outcomes COPD Present, % COPD Absent, % OR (95% CI)
Outcomes
 Atrial fibrillation 24.3 18.2a 1.14 (0.97-1.34)
 Heart failure 52.5 34.8b 1.59 (1.37-1.83)
 Cardiogenic shock 5.7 6.0 0.88 (0.66-1.18)
 Stroke 1.7 1.7 0.83 (0.49-1.40)
 In-hospital death 13.5 10.1b 1.25 (0.99-1.50)
 30-d mortality 18.7 13.2a 1.31 (1.10-1.58)
Therapies
 β-Blockers 78.2 89.6a 0.44 (0.35-0.50)
 Anticoagulants 69.7 73.1 0.81 (0.69-0.95)
 Lipid-lowering agents 52.9 59.2a 0.70 (0.60-0.82)
 Calcium channel  blocker 32.9 23.8a 1.31 (1.13-1.52)
 Cardiac catheterization 39.0 56.0a 0.56 (0.48-0.65)
 PCI 23.0 36.0a 0.64 (0.54-0.77)
 CABG 4.0 6.4c 0.46 (0.32-0.66)

Variables included in the model: COPD, age, sex, year of hospitalization, cardiovascular disease history (coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure, diabetes, hypertension), renal failure, length of stay, ST-elevation MI. See Table 1 and 2 legends for expansion of abbreviations.

a

P < .001.

b

P < .01.

c

P = .051.