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. 2017 Dec 10;4(2):e000637. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000637

Table 5.

Baseline patient characteristics stratified by the presence or absence of RASI therapy in non-IMR patients

Characteristics Unadjusted data IPTW
RASI (+)
(n=403)
RASI (−)
(n=102)
P value P value
Age, years, mean±SD 62±12 65±12 0.11 0.94
Gender, male/female 334/69 87/15 0.55 0.26
Cardiovascular risk factors
 Hypertension, n (%) 230 (57) 46 (45) 0.03 0.83
 Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 131 (33) 26 (25) 0.17 0.48
 Dyslipidaemia, n (%) 181 (45) 48 (47) 0.70 0.83
 Current smoker, n (%) 173 (43) 36 (35) 0.16 0.34
Frailty 8 (2) 5 (5) 0.10 0.80
BMI, kg/m2, mean±SD 24.5±3.6 22.9±3.3 <0.001 0.16
ST segment elevation MI, n (%) 316 (78) 76 (75) 0.40 0.99
Killip classification, n (%) 1.2±0.5 1.2±0.6 0.56 0.91
Prior MI, n (%) 32 (8) 6 (6) 0.47 0.63
Primary PCI, n (%) 366 (91) 81 (79) 0.003 0.55
CABG, n (%) 7 (2) 14 (14) <0.001 0.93
Peak CK, IU/L 2380±2641 2194±2417 0.52 0.96
Serum creatinine, mg/dL 1.05±0.97 1.07±0.39 0.85 0.67
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 52±18 49±21 0.10 0.01
ACEI, n (%) 296 (73) 0 (0) <0.001 <0.001
ARB, n (%) 107 (27) 0 (0) <0.001 <0.001
β-blocker, n (%) 315 (78) 66 (65) 0.01 0.96
Statins, n (%) 266 (66) 58 (57) 0.09 0.78
Initial TIMI grade flow 3, n(%) 81 (20) 21 (21) 0.91 0.68
Anterior MI, n (%) 216 (54) 40 (39) 0.01 0.69

ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; BMI, body mass index; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CK, creatine kinase; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; IMR, ischaemic mitral regurgitation; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RASI, renin–angiotensin system inhibitor; TIMI,  Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction.