Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of ACS patients by depressive symptom status.
| BDI 0–4 (n=53) | BDI 5–9 (n=68) | BDI ≥10 (n=79) |
p
-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 62.3±11.9 | 65.4±10.5 | 64.1±10.5 | 0.50 |
| Female | 10 (18.9) | 23 (33.8) | 40 (50.6) | <0.01 |
| Non-white | 15 (28.3) | 28 (41.2) | 37 (46.8) | 0.04 |
| Diabetes | 23 (43.4) | 19 (27.9) | 34 (43.0) | 0.84 |
| Non-STEMI | 18 (34.0) | 24 (35.3) | 20 (25.3) | 0.25 |
| LVEF <0.40 | 3 (5.7) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (5.1) | 0.94 |
| Antidepressant | 0 (0) | 3 (4.4) | 6 (7.6) | <0.01 |
| Beta-blocker | 39 (73.6) | 44 (64.7) | 69 (87.3) | 0.04 |
| Anti-arrhythmic | 2 (3.8) | 4 (5.9) | 6 (7.6) | 0.37 |
| Heart rate (beats per minute) | 67.6±9.6 | 68.5±10.9 | 67.4±9.4 | 0.99 |
| QTcF | 419.4±22.2 | 432.8±34.0 | 431.6±25.4 | 0.019 |
| ≥10 PVCs/h | 6 (11.1) | 18 (26.5) | 23 (29.1) | 0.02 |
Values are mean±standard deviation or n (%).
BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; QTcF, QT corrected for heart rate using Fridericia’s method; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.