Table 1. Relationship of the socio-demographic characteristics with the medical diagnosis of individuals hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome. Coronary Care Unit and Ward, Hospital São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2012.

Variable		Medical diagnosis			Total (n=150)	p
		UA* (n=22)	NSTEMI† (n=19)	STEMI‡ (n=109)
Age (years)						0.184§
	Mean	58.41	61.63	56.61	57.51
	Standard deviation	10.71	13.41	10.85	11.23
Sex (%)						0.088||
	Female	45.5	31.6	22.9	27.3
	Male	54.5	68.4	77.1	72.7
Color (%)						0.943||
	Black	36.4	31.6	30.3	31.3
	White	0	0	1.8	1.3
	Asian	63.6	68.4	67.9	67.3
Religion						0.765¶
	Roman Catholic	59.1	84.2	73.4	72.7
	Evangelical	22.7	10.5	11.9	13.3
	Spiritualist	4.5	0	3.7	3.3
	Others	4.5	0	5.5	4.7
	None	9.1	5.3	5.5	6.0
Educational level (%)						0.619¶
	Incomplete Primary education	31.8	47.4	34.9	36.0
	Complete Primary education	40.9	42.1	33.0	35.3
	Incomplete Secondary education	0	5.3	7.3	6.0
	Complete Secondary education	22.7	0	17.4	16.0
	Incomplete Higher education	0	0	2.8	2.0
	Complete Higher education	4.5	5.3	3.7	4.0
	Post-graduate	0	0	0.9	0.7
Marital status/Family situation (%)						0.518¶
	Single	13.6	10.5	8.3	9.3
	Married	54.5	47.4	65.1	61.3
	Divorced	13.6	21.1	14.7	15.3
	Widowed	18.2	15.8	7.3	10.0
	Lives with partner	0	5.3	4.6	4.0
Income (minimum salaries)						0.467¶
	1	9.1	15.8	11.0	11.3
	2	50.0	57.9	44.0	46.7
	3	22.7	5.3	26.6	23.3
	4	18.2	10.5	12.8	13.3
	6	0	10.5	5.5	5.3

^*Unstable angina

^†Non-ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction

^‡ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction

^§ANOVA

^||Pearson's Chi-squared test

^¶Fisher's exact test