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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2015 Jul 26;170(4):735–743. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.07.019

Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants.

Initial estimated glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73m2) Total
n = 4223
P Value
Dialysis
n = 81
< 30
n = 146
30 – 59
n = 818
60 – 89
n = 1958
≥90
n = 1220
Demographics
 Age (yrs) 62.2 ± 11.8 65.1 ± 12.9 65.7 ± 12.1 59.1 ± 11.8 53.4 ± 10.6 59.0 ± 12.4 < 0.001
 Sex < 0.001
  Male 44 (54.3%) 82 (56.2%) 462 (56.5%) 1363 (69.6%) 879 (72.0%) 2830 (67.0%)
  Female 37 (45.7%) 64 (43.8%) 356 (43.5%) 595 (30.4%) 341 (28.0%) 1393 (33.0%)
 Race < 0.001
  White/Caucasian 38 (46.9%) 91 (62.3%) 582 (71.1%) 1384 (70.7%) 746 (61.1%) 2841 (67.3%)
  Black/African-American 41 (50.6%) 46 (31.5%) 192 (23.5%) 435 (22.2%) 383 (31.4%) 1097 (26.0%)
  Other 2 (2.5%) 9 (6.2%) 44 (5.4%) 139 (7.1%) 91 (7.5%) 285 (6.7%)
 Ethnicity < 0.001
  Hispanic/Latino 5 (6.4%) 10 (7.1%) 35 (4.4%) 107 (5.6%) 104 (8.8%) 261 (6.4%)
  Non-Hispanic/Latino 73 (93.6%) 131 (92.9%) 760 (95.6%) 1800 (94.4%) 1080 (91.2%) 3844 (93.6%)
  Unknown 3 5 23 51 36 118
 Payor
  None/self-pay 11 (13.9%) 18 (12.6%) 121 (14.9%) 443 (23.1%) 341 (28.4%) 934 (22.5%) < 0.001
  unknown 2 3 6 37 21 69
Medical History
 Obesity1 24 (32.4%) 59 (45.4%) 328 (42.6%) 775 (41.4%) 456 (39.5%) 1642 (41.0%) 0.26
  missing 7 16 48 86 65 222
 Smoking2 13 (16.0%) 25 (17.1%) 197 (24.1%) 772 (39.4%) 608 (49.8%) 1615 (38.2%) < 0.001
 Hypertension 71 (87.7%) 133 (91.1%) 655 (80.1%) 1251 (63.9%) 707 (58.0%) 2817 (66.7%) < 0.001
 Diabetes 57 (70.4%) 93 (63.7%) 339 (41.4%) 500 (25.5%) 319 (26.1%) 1308 (31.0%) < 0.001
 Dyslipidemia 32 (39.5%) 82 (56.2%) 464 (56.7%) 940 (48.0%) 546 (44.8%) 2064 (48.9%) < 0.001
 Prior MI/PCI/CABG 42 (51.9%) 82 (56.2%) 325 (39.7%) 584 (29.8%) 309 (25.3%) 1342 (31.8%) < 0.001
 Chronic Heart Failure 19 (23.5%) 43 (29.5%) 119 (14.5%) 137 (7.0%) 45 (3.7%) 363 (8.6%) < 0.001
 Atrial fibrillation 8 (9.9%) 14 (9.6%) 65 (7.9%) 88 (4.5%) 31 (2.5%) 206 (4.9%) < 0.001
 Pacemaker implantation 1 (1.2%) 3 (2.1%) 15 (1.8%) 13 (0.7%) 5 (0.4%) 37 (0.9%) 0.004
 Prior cerebrovascular accident 15 (18.5%) 19 (13.0%) 50 (6.1%) 83 (4.2%) 39 (3.2%) 206 (4.9%) < 0.001
 Peripheral vascular disease 9 (11.1%) 15 (10.3%) 54 (6.6%) 77 (3.9%) 37 (3.0%) 192 (4.5%) < 0.001
Clinical variables during admission
 Final MI diagnosis < 0.001
  STEMI 14 (17.3%) 22 (15.6%) 306 (37.9%) 897 (46.0%) 575 (47.4%) 1814 (43.3%)
  NSTEMI 67 (82.7%) 119 (84.4%) 501 (62.1%) 1053 (54.0%) 638 (52.6%) 2378 (56.7%)
  missing 5 11 8 7 31
 In-hospital PCI 34 (42.0%) 45 (30.8%) 469 (57.3%) 1352 (69.1%) 863 (70.7%) 2763 (65.4%) < 0.001
 In-hospital CABG 7 (8.6%) 19 (13.0%) 84 (10.3%) 169 (8.6%) 102 (8.4%) 381 (9.0%) 0.25
 Decreased LVSF3 19 (23.5%) 42 (28.8%) 163 (20.0%) 353 (18.0%) 206 (16.9%) 783 (18.6%) 0.005
  missing 2 1 2 5
 Acute kidney injury < 0.001
  No AKI 0 (0.0%) 93 (63.7%) 645 (78.9%) 1780 (90.9%) 1084 (88.9%) 3602 (85.3%)
  AKI 0 (0.0%) 53 (36.3%) 173 (21.1%) 178 (9.1%) 136 (11.1%) 540 (12.8%)
  Dialysis-dependence 81 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 81 (1.9%)

Continuous variables compared using one-way analysis of variance; categorical variables compared using chi-square or Fisher’s exact test.

1

Defined as body mass index > 30kg/m2

2

Defined as occurring within the past 1 month

3

Defined as moderate or severe

Abbreviations: MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass surgery; STEMI, ST-elevation MI; NSTEMI, non-ST-elevation MI; LVSF, left ventricular systolic function; AKI, acute kidney injury