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

Table 2.

Characteristics of Chinese, South Asian and White patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting surgery within one year of AMI

Characteristics
Chinese
South Asian
White
p value
N = 1687 n = 43 n =137 n =1507  
Female
8 (18.6)
25 (18.3)
319 (21.2)
0.68
Age (years)
 
 
 
0.0717
< 50
3 (7.0)
15 (11.0)
111 (7.4)
 
50 − 64
16 (37.2)
62 (45.2)
518 (34.4)
 
65 − 74
16 (37.2)
40 (29.2)
545 (36.1)
 
> 75
8 (18.6)
20 (14.6)
333 (22.10)
 
Distance to the nearest hospital ≥ 50 km
2 (4.7)
15 (11.0)
514 (34.1)
< 0.0001
Income quintile*
 
0.52
1 (low)
11 (26.8)
38 (28.6)
328 (23.0)
 
2
9 (22.0)
34 (25.6)
289 (20.3)
 
3
7 (17.1)
23 (17.3)
259 (18.2)
 
4
8 (19.5)
20 (15.0)
275 (19.3)
 
5 (high)
6 (14.6)
18 (13.5)
273 (19.2)
 
Diabetes mellitus
12 (27.9)
44 (32.1)
321 (21.3)
0.0098
Heart failure
10 (23.3)
22 (16.1)
233 (15.5)
0.38
Hypertension
11 (25.6)
47 (34.3)
423 (28.1)
0.27
Cerebrovascular disease
1 (2.3)
0 (0.0)
39 (2.6)
0.16
Renal disease
0 (0.0)
6 (4.4)
35 (2.3)
0.19
Cardiogenic shock
2 (4.7)
5 (3.7)
19 (1.3)
0.0231
Cardiac dysrrhythmia
6 (14.0)
19 (13.9)
208 (13.8)
0.99
Severity of coronary disease†
 
 
 
0.49
Single vessel
1 (2.5)
6 (4.8)
73 (5.3)
 
2 vessel
8 (19.5)
14 (11.2)
229 (16.8)
 
3 vessel
21 (51.2)
85 (68.0)
795 (58.4)
 
Left main
11 (26.8)
20 (16.0)
264 (19.4)
 
Normal 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1)  

Variables presented as n (%); Analyses: comparing categories across ethnic groups using a Chi-square test (2-df). *Data are missing for 89 patients (Chinese = 4.7%, South Asians 3%, and White 5.5.%).

Data are missing for 159 patients (Chinese 4.7%, South Asians 8.8%, White 9.6%).