Table 2.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome according to number of chronic conditions: TRACE-CORE
| Characteristic | 0–1 morbidity (n=472) |
2–3 morbidities (n=902) |
≥4 morbidities (n=800) |
P value (*across 3 categories) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years, mean, SD) | 56.2 (11.0) | 61.4 (10.8) | 64.3 (10.9) | 0.98 |
| Male (%) | 350 (74.2) | 612 (67.9) | 484 (60.5) | <0.01 |
| Non-Hispanic white (%) | 399 (84.9) | 728 (81.1) | 627 (78.8)l | 0.15 |
| Married (%) | 285 (60.4) | 551 (61.1) | 433 (54.1) | <0.001 |
| Education (%) | ||||
| High school or less | 205 (43.4) | 396 (43.9) | 409 (51.2) | <0.001 |
| Some college | 125 (26.5) | 261 (28.9) | 240 (30.1) | |
| College graduate | 142 (30.1) | 245 (27.2) | 150 (18.8) | |
| Currently working (%) | 299 (63.4) | 413 (45.8) | 180 (22.5) | <0.001 |
| Body mass index (Kg/m2, mean, SD) | 31.8 (23.0) | 30.9 (12.8) | 33.3 (23.7) | <0.001 |
| Hospital length of stay (days, mean, SD) | 3.8 (3.8) | 6.9 (5.9) | 4.9 (5.1) | <0.001 |