Table 1.
Patients’ sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
| Variable n (%) | All participants n=91 |
Age (years)
|
Test result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65–75 n=37 |
76–85 n=40 |
86–92 n=14 |
|||
| Sociodemographic | |||||
| Age, M ± SD | 76.7±7.8 | 68.9±3.9 | 79.9±3.6 | 87.9±2.1 | P<0.001a |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 44 (48.4%) | 10 (27.0%) | 25 (62.5%) | 9 (64.3%) | |
| Male | 47 (51.6%) | 27 (73.0%) | 15 (37.5%) | 5 (35.7%) | P=0.003b |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 46 (50.6%) | 24 (64.9%) | 20 (50.0%) | 2 (14.3%) | |
| Single | 45 (49.4%) | 13 (35.1%) | 20 (50.0%) | 12 (85.7%) | P=0.006b |
| Education | |||||
| Primary | 21 (23.1%) | 5 (13.5%) | 10 (25.0%) | 6 (42.9%) | |
| Vocational | 26 (28.6%) | 13 (35.1%) | 11 (27.5%) | 2 (14.3%) | |
| High school | 36 (39.5%) | 15 (40.5%) | 16 (40.0%) | 5 (35.7%) | P=0.442b |
| University | 8 (8.8%) | 4 (10.8%) | 3 (7.5%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 76 (83.5%) | 31 (83.8%) | 34 (85.0%) | 11 (78.6%) | |
| Rural | 15 (16.5%) | 6 (16.2%) | 6 (15.0%) | 3 (21.4%) | P=0.854b |
| Living | |||||
| With family | 65 (71.4%) | 27 (73.0%) | 29 (72.5%) | 9 (64.3%) | |
| Alone | 26 (28.6%) | 10 (27.0%) | 11 (27.5%) | 5 (35.7%) | P=0.812b |
| Clinical | |||||
| ACS type | |||||
| STEMI | 41 (45.0%) | 18 (48.7%) | 18 (45.0%) | 5 (35.7%) | |
| NSTEMI | 41 (45.0%) | 15 (40.5%) | 18 (45.0%) | 8 (57.2%) | P=0.888b |
| UA | 9 (10.0%) | 4 (10.8%) | 4 (10.0%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
| Treatment | |||||
| PCI | 66 (72.5%) | 32 (86.5%) | 28 (70.0%) | 6 (42.8%) | |
| CT | 16 (17.6%) | 2 (5.4%) | 10 (25.0%) | 4 (28.6%) | P=0.007b |
| CABG | 9 (9.9%) | 3 (8.1%) | 2 (5.0%) | 4 (28.6%) | |
| Comorbidities | |||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 20 (22.0%) | 6 (16.2%) | 11 (27.5%) | 3 (21.4%) | P=0.489b |
| Arterial hypertension | 74 (81.2%) | 26 (70.3%) | 36 (90.0%) | 12 (85.7%) | P=0.077b |
| History of CVA | 10 (11.0%) | 4 (10.8%) | 6 (15.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | P=0.303b |
| COPD | 12 (13.2%) | 5 (13.5%) | 7 (17.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | P=0.249b |
Notes:
a
Student’s t-test,
b
Pearson’s chi-square test. Data in bold indicates statistical significance.
Abbreviations: (%), interest; ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CT, conservative therapy; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; M, mean; n, cardinality; NSTEMI, no ST elevation myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; SD, standard deviation; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction; UA, unstable angina.