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. 2015 Sep 30;3(4):607–612. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2015.103

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of ACS patients in accordance of the presence of known DM

Variable All pts DM pts NDM pts Sig (p)
Risk factors
 HTA 85 (56 .7%) 32 (65 .3%) 53 (52 .5) ns (OR for HTA in DM pts 1 .7; CI 0 .84-3 .45; p=ns)
 HLP 22 (14 .7%) 7 (14 .3%) 15 (14 .8%) ns
 Family history 48 (32%) 17 (34 .7%) 31 (30 .7%) ns
 smoking 89 (59 .3%) 20 (40 .8%) 69 (68 .3%) 0 .001 (OR for NDM smokers is 2 .1; CI 1 .16-2 .4; p=0 .002)

LV function

EF (%) 51 .3±8 .1 51 .0±7 .3 51 .4±8 .5 0 .802 (ns)

LV systolic function
Normal (EF >50%) 83 (55 .3%) 25 (51 .0%) 58 (57 .4%) 0 .247(ns)
Reduced (EF <50%) 59 (39 .3%) 23 (46 .9%) 36 (35 .6%)
Severely reduced (<30%) 8 (5 .3%) 1 (2 .1%) 7 (7%)

LV diastolic dysfunction 65 (43 .3%) 21 (42 .8%) 44 (43 .6%) 0 .538 (ns)

CA 132 (88%) 45 (91 .8%) 87 (86 .1%) 0 .184 (ns) 0 .365(ns)
SINTAX score 15 .6±8 .1 16 .5±8 .5 15 .1±7 .9

TIMI score before treatment
 0 63 (47 .7%) 23 (55 .5%) 40 (45 .9%)
 1 7 (5 .3%) 2 (4 .4%) 5 (5 .7%) 0 .862 (ns)
 2 7 (5 .3%) 3 (6 .7%) 4 (4 .6%)
 3 55 (41 .7%) 17 (37 .8%) 38 (43 .7%)

TIMI score after treatment
 0 8 (6 .1%) 5 (11 .1%) 3 (3 .4%) 0 .162 (ns)
 1
 2 4 (3 .0%) 2 (4 .4%) 2 (2 .3%)
 3 120 (90 .9%) 38 (84 .4%) 82 (94 .4%)

Blood analyses
 Hgb 14 .1±1.8 14 .0±1.6 14 .1±1.9 0 .678 (ns)
 BUN 7 .1±4 .5 7 .5±4 .6 6 .9±4 .5 0 .455 (ns)
 Creatinine 95 .7±72 .6 105 .3±106 .7 91 .0±48 .2 0 .260 (ns)
 Na 137 .5±4 .5 135 .2±5 .4 138 .5±3 .6 0 .000
 K 4 .3±0 .7 4 .4±0 .7 4 .2±0 .6 0 .103 (ns)

Lipid profile
 Tg 1 .8±0.8 1 .9±0.9 1 .7±0.8 0 .041
 HDL chol 1 .2±0 .4 1 .1±0 .2 1 .2±0 .4 0 .483 (ns)
 LDL chol 3 .3±1 .2 3 .4±1 .1 3 .3±1 .2 0 .615 (ns)
 Lp(a) 35 .0±33 .2 38 .8±35 .3 33 .2±32 .3 0 .334 (ns)

Glycemic parameters
 Stress glycaemia 10 .3±6 .6 14 .8±7 .9 8 .2±4 .5 0 .000
 HgbA1C 6 .4±1 .5 8 .2±4 .5 5 .7±0 .8 0 .000

In-hospital CE 31 (20 .7%) 11 (22 .4%) 20 (19 .8%) 0 .431 (ns)
 Cardiac death (5) 11 (7 .3%) 5 (10 .2%) 6 (5 .9) 0 .266 (ns)

Length of hospitalization 4 .5±3 .0 4 .4±2 .8 4 .5±3 .1 0 .881 (ns)