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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2014 Mar 28;174(1):90–95. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.149

Table 1a.

Baseline characteristics by reinfarction versus no reinfarction for patients who died during the follow-up period.

Clinical characteristics Reinfarction (N=50) No Reinfarction (N=253) p-value
n % (mean ± sd) median{IQR} n % (mean ± sd) median{IQR}
Age (Years) 50 (59.9±12.9) 253 (64.8±11) 0.005

Sex 0.90
 Male 36 72.0 180 71.1
 Female 14 28.0 73 28.9

Prior History of
 Angina 16 32.0 81 32.0 1.00
 MI 11 22.0 31 12.3 0.07
 Cerebrovascular Disease 3 6.0 24 9.5 0.43
 Peripheral Vessel Disease 4 8.0 22 8.7 0.87
 Congestive Heart Failure 8 16.0 18 7.1 0.04
 PCI 7 14.0 20 7.9 0.17
 CABG 1 2.0 2 0.8 0.43
 Diabetes 14 28.0 84 33.2 0.47
 Hypertension 23 46.0 155 61.3 0.05

Current Smoker 19 38.0 83 32.8 0.48

CHF at Baseline 27 54.0 126 49.8 0.59
Highest Killip Class II–IV During Index MI 15 30.6 91 36.0 0.47
Highest NYHA Classification II–IV 17 34.0 85 33.6 0.96

ECG with index MI
 ST-segment Elevation 36 72.0 178 71.5 0.94
 New Q-Waves 20 40.0 169 66.8 <0.001
 ST-segment elevation /new Q waves/R wave loss 40 80.0 218 86.2 0.26

Rales Present 9 18.0 41 16.2 0.76
Collateral Vessels Present 42 84.0 208 82.5 0.80
Ejection Fraction 49 (43.6±12.6) 250 (43.1±13) 0.82
Systolic Blood Pressure 50 (118.3±22) 253 (122.6±20.2) 0.18
Diastolic Blood Pressure 50 (69±11.8) 253 (72.7±12) 0.05
BMI 50 (28.9±6.8) 253 (29.1±6.3) 0.80
Glomerular filtration*rate (ml/min/1.72m^2) 50 (79.4±27.4) 248 (73±22.8) 0.08
Fasting Glucose (mg/dl) 48 (133±54.8) 234 (127.2±47.8) 0.46

Interval between MI and randomization (days) 50 7{4–13} 253 8{4–15} 0.31
Infarct-related Artery 0.40
 LAD 23 46 110 43.5
 LCX 11 22 40 15.8
 RCA 16 32 103 40.7
Ischemia in Infarct-Related Artery Territory 2 28.6 21 44.7 0.42

Thrombolytic Therapy During 1st 24 hours 12 24.0 48 19.0 0.42

PCI: Percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG: Coronary artery bypass graft, CHF: Congestive heart failure, NYHA: New York Heart Association, ECG: Electrocardiogramm, MI: Myocardial infarction, BMI: Body mass index, LAD: Left anterior descending coronary artery, LCX: Left circumflex coronary artery, RCA: Right coronary artery.