Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of patients eligible for and enrolled in TRIUMPH
| Characteristic | Not Enrolled n=1466 |
Enrolled n=3537* |
p-value | Follow-up n=3632† |
No Follow-up n=631† |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 62.2±14.5 | 58.6±12.4 | <0.001 | 59.3±12.0 | 57.1±13.7 | <0.001 |
| Male | 65.7% | 66.9% | 0.40 | 66.9% | 65.6% | 0.54 |
| White | 77.1% | 64.4% | <0.001 | 72.5% | 55.7% | <0.001 |
| No insurance | 24.5% | 23.4% | 0.42 | 21.4% | 28.9% | <0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 31.0% | 31.7% | 0.63 | 29.7% | 35.0% | 0.007 |
| Hypertension | 65.9% | 69.3% | 0.104 | |||
| Prior myocardial infarction | 20.2% | 24.6% | 0.012 | |||
| Prior heart failure | 7.4% | 14.3% | <0.001 | |||
| ST-elevations on admission | 45.5% | 40.3% | 0.019 | |||
| Peak troponin (ng/mL) | 29.3±75.2 | 23.7±55.3 | 0.075 | |||
| Ejection fraction (%) | 49.0±12.9 | 47.2±13.8 | 0.004 | |||
| Coronary angiography | 93.5% | 86.2% | <0.001 | |||
| GRACE score (6-month mortality)60 | 100.1±29.2 | 100.8±34.3 | 0.554 | |||
| Length of stay (days) | 5.5±6.5 | 6.5±8.5 | <0.001 |
*
From the top 10 enrolling hospitals; represents 81% of the total study population
†
Includes only patients who survived to 1-month (i.e. had the opportunity to participate in follow-up)