Table 1.
Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with ischemic heart disease classified as "resilients" and "non-resilients"
| Total | Resilience | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 133 | n = 108 Yesa (> 76.2) | n = 25 Nob (≤ 76.2) | p value | |
| Male sex | 68 (51.1) | 58 (53.7) | 10 (40.0) | 0.217 |
| Age, mean ± SD | 53.7 ± 8.4 | 54.7 ± 7.9 | 49.4 ± 9.4 | 0.004 |
| White race | 109 (81.9) | 87 (80.5) | 22 (88.0) | 0.383 |
| Cohabitation | 84 (63.1) | 65 (60.1) | 19 (76.0) | 0.140 |
| Number of years of education mean ± SD | 7.8 ± 5.3 | 7.8 ± 4.7 | 7.8 ± 5.5 | 0.987 |
| Smoking | 45 (33.8) | 31 (28.7) | 14 (56.0) | 0.009 |
| Diabetes | 34 (25.5) | 28 (25.9) | 6 (24.0) | 0.842 |
| Obesity | 56 (42.1) | 46 (42.5) | 10 (40.0) | 0.813 |
| Sedentary lifestyle | 50 (37.5) | 39 (36.1) | 11 (44.0) | 0.463 |
| Dislipidemia | 46 (34,5) | 36 (33,3) | 10 (40,0) | 0,528 |
| Hipertensão | 91 (68,4) | 73 (67,5) | 18 (72,0) | 0,669 |
| História familiar de IAM | 73 (54,8) | 58 (53,7) | 15 (60,0) | 0,569 |
| Uso de medicação | 109 (81,9) | 90 (83,3) | 19 (76,0) | 0,390 |
| Alcoolismo | 23 (17,2) | 19 (17,5) | 4 (16,0) | 0,835 |
a
Individuals were classified as ‘resilient’ according to the assessment measures of this study.
b
Individuals were classified as ‘non-resilient’ according to the assessment measures of this study