Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Diagnosis and Race
| ACS | No ACS | |||||
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| Black | White | Black | White | |||
| (n=51) | (n=232) | P | (n=65) | (n=315) | p | |
| Age-mean (SD) | 56.4 (11.6) | 63.2 (12.2) | <.001 | 57.3 (14.6) | 60.2 (15.4) | .157 |
| Females- n (%) | 18 (35.3) | 61 (26.3) | .194 | 35 (53.8) | 141 (44.9) | .188 |
| Education- n (%) | .034 | .169 | ||||
| HS diploma or less | 25 (49.0) | 74 (33.2) | 25 (39.7) | 92 (30.8) | ||
| Some college or more | 26 (51.0) | 149 (66.8) | 38 (60.3) | 207 (69.2) | ||
| Annual Income- n (%) | .004 | .027 | ||||
| ≤20,000 | 19 (40.4) | 44 (22.4) | 29 (51.8) | 92 (33.0) | ||
| 20,001-50,000 | 20 (42.6) | 72 (36.7) | 13 (23.2) | 86 (30.8) | ||
| >50,000 | 8 (17.0) | 80 (40.8) | 14 (25.0) | 101 (36.2) | ||
| Insurance- n (%) | .255 | .580 | ||||
| Insured | 41 (80.4) | 188 (86.6) | 56 (88.9) | 258 (86.3) | ||
| Not Insured | 10 (19.6) | 29 (13.4) | 7 (11.1) | 41 (13.7) | ||
| Diagnosis- n (%) | .759 | |||||
| Unstable Angina | 13 (26.0) | 46 (20.2) | ||||
| NSTEMI | 30 (60.0) | 115 (50.4) | ||||
| STEMI | 7 (14.0) | 67 (29.4) | ||||
| Hypertension- n (%) | 45 (88.2) | 147 (66.2) | .002 | 46 (73.0) | 176 (59.5) | .044 |
| Diabetes- n (%) | 23 (45.1) | 57 (25.7) | .006 | 20 (31.7) | 75 (25.0) | .268 |
| Hypercholesterolemia- n (%) | 36 (73.5) | 132 (60.3) | .084 | 31 (50.0) | 130 (45.0) | .472 |
| Body Mass Index- mean (SD) | 31.3 (6.6) | 29.2 (6.6) | .041 | 30.8 (7.9) | 30.4 (7.7) | .673 |
| Tobacco Use- n (%) | .015 | .388 | ||||
| No tobacco use | 18 (36.0) | 109 (50.5) | 40 (64.5) | 166 (56.5) | ||
| Current tobacco use | 21 (42.0) | 48 (22.2) | 8 (12.9) | 58 (19.7) | ||
| Previous tobacco use | 11 (22.0) | 59 (27.3) | 14 (22.6) | 70 (23.8) | ||
| Cocaine Use | 7 (13.7) | 18 (8.1) | .206 | 2 (3.2) | 12 (4.0) | .750 |
Notes: ACS is acute coronary syndrome. SD is standard deviation. HS is high school. NSTEMI is non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. STEMI is ST elevation myocardial infarction.