Table 1.
Sex-specific baseline characteristics of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction patients in Göteborg, Sweden and Minneapolis–St. Paul, USA
| Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP (n = 387) | GB (n = 275) | P-value | MSP (n = 452) | GB (n = 289) | P-value | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 82.6 ± 7.3 | 82.1 ± 5.1 | 0.34 | 84.4 ± 5.7 | 83.9 ± 5.6 | 0.19 |
| Current smoker (%) | 8.0 | 12.7 | 0.07 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 0.15 |
| Prior history (%) | ||||||
| Myocardial infarction | 41.1 | 44.9 | 0.39 | 31.6 | 33.8 | 0.54 |
| Hypertension | 70.0 | 48.4 | <0.0001 | 81.6 | 58.8 | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 30.2 | 21.1 | 0.02 | 22.6 | 18.3 | 0.17 |
| Heart failure | 49.1 | 40.0 | 0.04 | 46.5 | 37.4 | 0.01 |
| Stroke | 23.0 | 17.8 | 0.16 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 0.87 |
| Cancer | 18.9 | 20.4 | 0.67 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 0.47 |
| PCI/CABG | 37.2 | 13.5 | <0.0001 | 21.2 | 8.3 | <0.0001 |
| Presentation symptoms (mean ± SD) | ||||||
| Systolic blood pressure | 142.9 ± 46.8 | 144.2 ± 34.1 | 0.66 | 146.3 ± 35.0 | 149.7 ± 36.7 | 0.21 |
| Heart rate | 86.7 ± 35.4 | 87.0 ± 24.1 | 0.88 | 87.5 ± 24.1 | 89.2 ± 24.0 | 0.36 |
PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft.