Table 1. Characteristics of patients with AMI in Girona Province (Spain), in 2002–2008, according to the AHA/ESC AMI definition.
Population-based registry cases | Hospital-based registry cases | |||||||
Men | Women | Total | P value | Men | Women | Total | P value | |
Events, n (%) | ||||||||
All cases | 2895 (78.18) | 808 (21.82) | 3703 (100) | 2341 (77.72) | 671 (22.28) | 3012 (100) | ||
35–64 years | 1711 (59.10) | 297 (36.80) | 2008 (54.20) | <0.01 | 1450 (61.90) | 262 (39.00) | 1712 (56.80) | <0.01 |
65–74 years | 1184 (40.90) | 511 (63.20) | 1695 (45.80) | <0.01 | 891 (38.10) | 409 (61.00) | 1300 (43.20) | <0.01 |
Cardiovascular risk factors | ||||||||
Age (years, mean (SD)) | 60.87 (9.90) | 64.67 (8.89) | 61.25 (9.86) | <0.01 | 59.69 (9.97) | 64.38 (9.01) | 60.73 (9.96) | <0.01 |
Smoking, n (%) | ||||||||
Current smoker | 1211 (47.47) | 131 (17.96) | 1342 (40.91) | <0.01 | 1121 (49.17) | 127 (19.48) | 1248 (42.56) | <0.01 |
Former smoker | 870 (34.20) | 31 (4.25) | 901 (27.46) | <0.01 | 763 (33.46) | 29 (4.45) | 792 (27.01) | <0.01 |
Never smoker | 470 (18.42) | 567 (77.77) | 1037 (31.61) | <0.01 | 396 (17.37) | 496 (76.07) | 892 (30.42) | <0.01 |
Arterial hypertension, n (%) | 1491 (58.90) | 535 (72.80) | 2026 (62.00) | <0.01 | 1339 (59.40) | 480 (73.80) | 1819 (62.60) | <0.01 |
Diabetes, n (%) | 806 (32.50) | 307 (42.10) | 1113 (34.70) | <0.01 | 688 (31.20) | 274 (42.20) | 962 (33.70) | <0.01 |
Hypercholesterolemia, n (%) | 1363 (55.90) | 380 (53.70) | 1743 (55.40) | 0.31 | 1245 (57.60) | 355 (56.60) | 1600 (57.40) | 0.68 |
Previous AMI, n (%) | 558 (19.30) | 140 (17.30) | 698 (18.80) | 0.18 | 430 (18.40) | 121 (18.00) | 551 (18.30) | 0.93 |
AMI Case-fatality, n (%) | 691 (23.86) | 200 (24.75) | 891 (24.06) | 0.64 | 140 (6.00) | 64 (9.50) | 204 (6.80) | <0.01 |
AMI acute myocardial infarction, AHA American Heart Association, ESC European Society of Cardiology, SD Standard deviation.