Table 1.
Baseline characteristics (n = 227)
| |
All |
No death, MI or HF |
Death, MI or HF |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(n=227) |
(n= 142) |
(n=85) |
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| Variables | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | p |
|
Demographics: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age (median, 25th-75th perc.) |
67 |
(59–77) |
62 |
(56–74) |
74 |
(63–80) |
<0,001 |
| Men |
172 |
(76) |
111 |
(78) |
61 |
(72) |
0.276 |
|
Risk factors: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hypertension |
121 |
(53) |
63 |
(44) |
58 |
(68) |
<0.001 |
| Diabetes Mellitus |
51 |
(22) |
29 |
(20) |
22 |
(26) |
0.340 |
| Current smoker (missing n=6) |
43 |
(19) |
33 |
(23) |
10 |
(13) |
0.049 |
|
Previous cardiovascular disease: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Myocardial infarction |
56 |
(25) |
31 |
(22) |
25 |
(30) |
0.200 |
| Heart Failure |
19 |
(8) |
2 |
(1) |
17 |
(20) |
<0.001 |
| Revascularization, PCI |
33 |
(15) |
23 |
(16) |
10 |
(12) |
0.359 |
| Revascularization, CABG |
10 |
(4) |
4 |
(3) |
6 |
(7) |
0.132 |
| Stroke |
17 |
(7) |
10 |
(7) |
7 |
(8) |
0.741 |
|
Laboratory measurements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NTproBNP 24 h (median, 25th-75th perc.) (n=189)) |
|
|
724 |
(303–1887) |
2300 |
(1030–26040) |
<0.001 |
| eGFR (median, 25th-75th perc.) (n=220) |
|
|
92 |
(72–116) |
66 |
(40–96) |
<0.001 |
|
Index Diagnosis |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Myocardial infarction | 188 | (83) | 119 | (84) | 69 | (81) | 0.612 |
MI=Myocardial infarction, HF=Heart failure, eGFR=glomerular filtration rate.