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. 2015 Feb 18;14:24. doi: 10.1186/s12933-015-0189-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with and without diabetes sub-divided into BMI groups (N=4054)

Diabetes (n=1190) No Diabetes (n=2864)
Normal weight Overweight Obesity Normal weight Overweight Obesity
BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m 2 BMI 25-29.9 kg/m 2 BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2 BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m 2 BMI 25-29.9 kg/m 2 BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2
(n=226) (n=516) (n=448) p-value (n=848) (n=1411) (n=605) p-value
Sociodemographic characteristics
Female 65 (28.76) 103 (19.96) 169 (37.72) <0.0001 247 (29.13) 226 (16.02) 157 (25.95) <0.0001
Age [years], mean ± SD 63.81 ± 8.79 62.86 ± 8.47 61.96 ± 8.65 0.0262a 59.55 ± 10.00 59.56 ± 9.72 58.98 ± 10.06 0.4460a
Marriedb 169 (77.17) 390 (77.84) 318 (71.78) 0.0778 602 (72.36) 1084 (77.54) 465 (78.15) 0.0091
Living aloneb 36 (16.44) 80 (15.97) 99 (22.35) 0.0287 164 (19.71) 212 (15.16) 86 (14.45) 0.0072
School education > 9 yearsc 54 (25.84) 92 (19.49) 90 (20.98) 0.1722 242 (30.67) 405 (30.82) 133 (23.29) 0.0023
Risk factors and co-morbidities
Angina pectorisd 52 (23.11) 120 (23.35) 117 (26.29) 0.5028 142 (16.78) 241 (17.10) 124 (20.53) 0.1261
Hypertension 183 (80.97) 448 (86.82) 40.5 (90.40) 0.0026 534 (62.97) 1035 (73.35) 521 (86.12) <0.0001
Hyperlipidemia 145 (64.16) 382 (74.03) 362 (80.80) <0.0001 550 (64.86) 1029 (72.93) 455 (75.21) <0.0001
Stroke 27 (11.95) 51 (9.88) 34 (7.59) 0.1667 43 (5.07) 70 (4.96) 33 (5.45) 0.8981
Smoking
  Current smoker 70 (30.97) 144 (27.91) 116 (25.89) 0.6129 403 (47.52) 533 (37.77) 211 (34.88) <0.0001
  Ex-smoker 77 (34.07) 199 (38.57) 174 (38.84) 200 (23.58) 470 (33.31) 208 (34.38)
  Never smoker 79 (34.96) 173 (33.53) 158 (35.27) 245 (28.89) 408 (28.92) 186 (30.74)
Clinical characteristics
Re-infarction during hospitalization 30 (13.27) 83 (16.09) 74 (16.52) 0.5252 89 (10.28) 145 (10.04) 59 (9.75) 0.8964
AMI typee
  ST-segment elevation MI 81 (36.65) 198 (38.98) 155 (35.07) 0.1190 360 (43.37) 531 (38.23) 227 (38.09) 0.1329
  Non-ST-segment elevation MI 118 (53.39) 285 (56.10) 256 (57.92) 434 (52.29) 783 (56.37) 339 (56.88)
  Bundle branch block 22 (9.95) 25 (4.92) 31 (7.01) 36 (4.34) 75 (5.40) 30 (5.03)
Left ventricular ejection fraction < 30%f 35 (21.88) 46 (12.74) 29 (9.93) 0.0015 72 (12.16) 133 (13.34) 33 (7.82) 0.0126
Diabetes treatment g
Oral antidiabetic agents 72 (57.60) 182 (63.64) 143 (52.77) 0.0044
Insulin therapy 40 (32.00) 78 (27.27) 76 (28.04)
Both antidiabetic agents and insulin therapy 13 (10.40) 26 (9.09) 52 (19.19)
Long-term mortality 66 (29.20) 111 (21.51) 96 (21.43) 0.0453 135 (15.92) 170 (12.05) 61 (10.08) 0.0023

BMI=Body Mass Index, SD=Standard deviation, MI=Myocardial Infarction, AMI=Acute Myocardial Infarction, ACEIs=Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARBs=Angiotensin receptor blockers.

Data are presented as absolute numbers of patients with percentages in brackets, unless stated otherwise.

Chi2-Tests were performed to obtain p-values, unless stated otherwise.

ap-value was obtained by performing a one-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance).

bn=3988.

cn=3784.

dn=4043.

en=3986.

fn=2388.

gn (patients with diabetes)=682.