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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2018 Jan 10;121(7):789–795. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.12.034

Table 2.

Mean difference in health status outcomes over follow-up between patients with NSTEMI treated with initial invasive versus ischemia-guided management

Seattle Angina Questionnaire Short Form-12

Physical Limitation Estimate (95% CI) Angina Frequency Estimate (95% CI) Quality of Life Estimate (95% CI) Summary Score Estimate (95% CI) Physical Component Summary Estimate (95%CI) Mental Component Summary Estimate (95%CI)
Overall effect of invasive treatment 3.7 (1.8, 5.5) p<0.001 1.4 (0.2, 2.7) p=0.02 1.5 (-0.1, 3.0) p=0.06 1.6 (0.4, 2.9) p=0.008 0.7 (-0.1, 1.5) p=0.07 0.7 (-0.0, 1.5) p=0.06

Effect of treatment by month
 Month 1 4.0 (1.5, 6.6) 1.7 (-0.4, 3.8) 1.3 (-1.5, 4.2) 2.0 (-0.2, 4.1) 0.9 (-0.1, 1.9) 0.9 (-0.0, 1.9)
 Month 6 3.5 (1.2, 5.7) 0.5 (-1.6, 2.7) 0.5 (-2.2, 3.3) 1.1 (-1.1, 3.3) 0.4 (-0.6, 1.4) 0.9 (-0.1, 1.9)
 Month 12 3.5 (1.4, 5.7) -0.8 (-2.8, 1.3) -1.0 (-3.7 1.7) -1.0 (-3.1, 1.1) 0.8 (-0.3, 1.8) 0.3 (-0.6, 1.3)

Treatment*month interaction p=0.70 p=0.15 p=0.04 p<0.001 p=0.83 p=0.27

Effect of invasive treatment by age group
 <65 years 3.4 (1.1, 5.6) 1.7 (0.2, 3.3) 1.8 (-0.3, 3.8) 1.9 (0.3, 3.5) 0.5 (-0.5, 1.5) 1.1 (0.1, 2.0)
 65-74 years 4.7 (1.0, 8.3) 0.8 (-1.5, 3.2) 2.2 (-1.0, 5.5) 2.3 (-0.2, 4.9) 1.6 (0.1, 3.2) 0.3 (-1.1, 1.7)
 75-84 years 3.4 (-1.6, 8.4) 2.0 (-0.8, 4.8) 1.3 (-2.6, 5.2) 1.0 (-2.0, 4.0) 1.0 (-0.8, 2.8) 0.7 (-1.0, 2.4)
 ≥85 years 5.3 (-8.5, 19.1) -2.6 (-8.3, 3.2) -4.2 (-12.3, 3.9) -2.5 (-8.8, 3.7) -4.1 (-7.9, - 0.3) -2.3 (-5.9, 1.3)

Treatment*age interaction p=0.83 p=0.21 p=0.15 p=0.15 p=0.02 p=0.09

Adjusted estimates derived using propensity-matched linear mixed effect models matched for baseline SAQ, demographic, socioeconomic, psychosocial, laboratory and medication information.