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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Nov;10(11):e004108. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.004108

Table 5.

Median (interquartile range) reported monthly income, subsistence, and non-subsistence expenses in Indian rupees before and after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome stratified by tobacco use status among 1716 participants in the ACS QUIK Microeconomic study.

N All
(n=1716)
Tobacco use at enrollment Tobacco use at 30-days
Yes
(n=494)
No
(n=1222)
P-value Yes
(n=12)
No
(n=482)
P-value
Household monthly income
 Before ACS event 1716 10,000
(8,000–18,000)
10,000
(7,000–15,000)
10,000
(8,000–20,000)
<0.001 10,500
(8,000–15,000)
10,000
(7,000–15,000)
0.90
 After ACS event 1715 10,000
(5,000–15,000)
8,000
(4,000–12,000)
10,000
(6,000–15,000)
<0.001 9,000
(6,000–11,000)
8,000
(4,000–12,000)
0.69
Monthly household subsistence expenses* 1367 5,400
(3,500–8,000)
5,500
(4,000–7,500)
5,275
(3,325–8,400)
0.06 5,000
(3,600–8,800)
5,500
(4,000–7,500)
0.69
Monthly household non-subsistence Income 1367 6,800
(3,000–11,000)
5,000
(1,600–9,000)
7,300
(4,275–12,000)
<0.001 4,500
(1,200–10,000)
5,000
(1,600–9,000)
0.62
*

Food, rent, gas, education, transport and insurance

Equal to zero where subsistence expenses exceed income, calculated using income prior to event