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. 2012 Oct 9;206(11):1652–1659. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis597

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants

Characteristic No. (%)
Sex
 Men 2360 (60.1)
 Women 1567 (39.9)
Age, y
 40–49 212 (5.4)
 50–59 565 (14.4)
 60–69 873 (22.2)
 70–79 1122 (28.6)
 80–89 945 (24.1)
 ≥90 210 (5.3)
History of vascular diseasea
 Angina 839 (25.9)
 PCI 130 (4.1)
 CABG 124 (3.9)
 Peripheral vascular disease 144 (4.7)
 Cerebrovascular disease 282 (9.1)
Type of myocardial infarction
 STEMI 1604 (40.8)
 NSTEMI 2323 (59.2)
Died in hospitala
 Yes 250 (6.6)
 No 3548 (93.4)

Data are for 3927 participants, unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; NSTEMI, non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

a Denominator used to calculate the percentage excludes participants with missing data.