Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients who presented with AMI in the Malaysian NCVD-ACS between 2006 to 2013, comparing STEMI and STEMI
| Characteristics | Total n, (%) |
STEMI n, (%) |
NSTEMI n (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| < 65 | 21,016 (70%) | 14,463 (76%) | 6553 (60%) | < 0.001 |
| ≥ 65 | 8976 (30%) | 4509 (24%) | 4467 (40%) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 24,999 (81%) | 16,672 (86%) | 8327 (73%) | < 0.001 |
| Female | 5874 (19%) | 2811 (14%) | 3063 (27%) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Malay | 16,431 (53%) | 11,276 (58%) | 5155 (45%) | |
| Chinese | 6215 (20%) | 3454 (18%) | 2761 (24%) | < 0.001 |
| Indians | 6151 (20%) | 3270 (17%) | 2881 (25%) | |
| Others | 2076 (7%) | 1483 (8%) | 593 (5%) | |
| Risk factors | ||||
| Previous IHD | 4964 (19%) | 2126 (13%) | 2838 (30%) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes | 12,882 (48%) | 7065 (43%) | 5817 (56%) | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension | 17,778 (65%) | 9706 (58%) | 8072 (76%) | < 0.001 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 9637 (41%) | 4927 (35%) | 4710 (50%) | < 0.001 |
| Smoking | 12,442 (54%) | 9609 (63%) | 2833 (36%) | < 0.001 |
| Family History | 3469 (11%) | 2195 (11%) | 1274 (11%) | < 0.001 |
| Co-morbidities | ||||
| Cerebrovascular disease | 1020 (4%) | 514 (3%) | 506 (5%) | < 0.001 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 222 (1%) | 55 (< 1%) | 167 (2%) | < 0.001 |
| CKD | 2112 (8%) | 646 (4%) | 1466 (15%) | < 0.001 |
| Chronic lung disease | 880 (3%) | 400 (2%) | 480 (5%) | < 0.001 |
| Regions | ||||
| Western Peninsular | 11,840 (39%) | 5837 (31%) | 6003 (53%) | < 0.001 |
| Eastern Peninsular | 4183 (14%) | 3143 (16%) | 1040 (9%) | < 0.001 |
| Northern Peninsular | 7084 (23%) | 4565 (24%) | 2519 (22%) | < 0.001 |
| Southern Peninsular | 4184 (14%) | 3625 (19%) | 559 (5%) | < 0.001 |
| East Malaysia | 3104 (10%) | 1931 (10%) | 1173 (10%) | < 0.001 |