Table 2.
Incident Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Events Through December 31, 2009a
| Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (N = 24 443) |
Black (n = 3739) |
White (n = 6420) |
Black (n = 6609) |
White (n = 7675) |
|
| Person-years of follow-up | 102 907 | 15 977 | 28 733 | 26 760 | 31 438 |
| Total CHD events | 659 (3) | 153 (4) | 254 (4) | 138 (2) | 114 (2) |
| Fatal | 215 (1) | 71 (2) | 63 (1) | 50 (1) | 31 (<1) |
| Nonfatal | 444 (2) | 82 (2) | 191 (3) | 88 (1) | 83 (1) |
| Very small NSTEMIb | 139 (31.3) | 33 (40.2) | 47 (24.6) | 35 (39.8) | 24 (28.9) |
Abbreviation: NSTEMI, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
a
Incident CHD defined as adjudicated definite or probable myocardial infarction or definite or probable CHD death. Values are expressed as number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated.
b
Defined as an adjudicated definite or probable MI with peak troponin level of less than 0.5 µg/L. The percentages reflect the number of incident very small NSTEMIs divided by the number of nonfatal incident CHD events.