Table 1. - Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the CHD patients (n=147). Campinas, SP, Brazil, 2014.
Variable | % | Mean (sd)* | Median | Variation | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 68.0 | ||||
Age | 59.9 (9.6) | 60.0 | 34-84 | ||
Education - in years (n=152) | 5.3 (3.4) | 4.0 | 0-16 | ||
Marital situation | |||||
Married/cohabiting | 69.1 | ||||
Single | 12.2 | ||||
Separated/divorced | 10.9 | ||||
Widowed | 6.8 | ||||
Employment status | |||||
Inactive | 72.8 | ||||
Active | 23.1 | ||||
Housewife/husband | 4.0 | ||||
Family income (in MS*) | 2.7 (1.1) | 3.0 | 0-5 | ||
Characterization of the coronary heart disease | |||||
Infarction of the myocardium | 83.7 | ||||
Unstable angina | 13.6 | ||||
Number of previous AMIs† (n=147) | 1.2 (0.8) | 1.0 | 0-5.0 | ||
Number of associated symptoms | 1.7 (1.5) | 1.0 | 0-5.0 | ||
Signs and symptoms (in the last months) | |||||
Precordialgia | 38.8 | ||||
Dyspnea | 32.0 | ||||
Arrhythmia | 22.4 | ||||
Syncope | 0.7 | ||||
Number of associated clinical conditions and/or risk factors | 2.9 (1.2) | 3.0 | 0-6.0 | ||
Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) | 94.6 | ||||
Dyslipidemia | 65.3 | ||||
Smoking tobacco | 67.3 | ||||
Diabetes mellitus (DM) | 44.9 | ||||
Obesity (BMI>30kg/m2) | 10.2 | ||||
Treatment | |||||
Angioplasty and/or surgical revascularization | 55.1 | ||||
Clinical | 44.9 | ||||
Number of medications in use | 6.4 (1.9) | 6.0 | 2-12 |
*MS= Minimum-salary, of R$724,00, Brazil, 2014; †AMI - Acute Myocardial Infarction