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. 2013 Dec 26;13:121. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-121

Table 1.

Characteristics of Chinese, South Asian and White patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention

Characteristics
Chinese
South Asian
White
p
N = 4729 n = 139 n = 371 n = 4219  
Female
35 (25.2)
74 (20.0)
1153 (27.3)
0.008
Age (years)
 
 
 
< 0.0001
< 50
18 (12.9)
70 (18.9)
593 (14.1)
 
50 − 64
42 (30.2)
164 (44.2)
1587 (37.6)
 
65 − 74
54 (38.9)
88 (23.7)
1152 (27.3)
 
> 75
25 (18.0)
49 (13.2)
887 (21.0)
 
Distance to nearest hospital ≥ 50 km
5 (3.6)
42 (11.3)
1306 (31.0)
< 0.0001
Income quintile*
 
 
 
< 0.0001
1 (low)
39 (28.3)
85 (23.22)
902 (22.5)
 
2
34 (24.6)
106 (29.0)
830 (20.7)
 
3
25 (18.1)
85 (23.2)
771 (19.3)
 
4
15 (10.9)
52 (14.2)
774 (19.4)
 
5 (high)
25 (18.1)
38 (10.4)
724 (18.1)
 
Diabetes mellitus
26 (18.7)
92 (24.8)
641 (15.2)
< 0.0001
Heart failure
18 (13.0)
30 (8.1)
330 (7.8)
0.09
Hypertension
52 (37.4)
92 (24.8)
1041 (24.7)
0.003
Cerebrovascular disease
5 (3.6)
0 (0.0)
43 (1.0)
0.0015
Renal disease
5 (3.6)
5 (1.4)
63 (1.5)
0.13
Cardiogenic shock
3 (2.2)
4 (1.1)
44 (1.0)
0.46
Cardiac dysrhythmia
18 (13.0)
24 (6.5)
431 (10.2)
0.04
Severity of coronary disease†
 
 
 
0.6
Single-vessel
51 (37.8)
135 (37.1)
1481 (36.2)
 
2-vessel
39 (28.9)
119 (32.7)
1341 (32.8)
 
3-vessel
38 (28.1)
98 (26.9)
1126 (27.5)
 
Left main
7 (5.2)
9 (2.5)
130 (3.2)
 
Normal 0 (0) 3 (0.8) 12 (0.3)  

Variables presented as n (%); Analyses: comparing categories across ethnic groups using a Chi-square test (2-df). *Data are missing for 224 patients (Chinese 0.7%, South Asians 1.3%, and White 5.2%). Data are missing for 140 patients (Chinese 2.9%, South Asians 1.9%, White 3.1%).