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. 2016 May 17;24:e2692. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.0167.2692

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