Table 5.
Risk of mortality for young patients compared to older patients at discharge - 30 days and 1 year.
| Sample size, n (%) | Mortality, n (%) | RR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young | Old | Young | Old | ||
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| Discharge | 1589 (15.5) | 8638 (84.5) | 11 (0.7) | 101 (1.2) | 0.49 (0.26, 0.94) |
| 30 d | 1067 (15.8) | 5682 (84.2) | 5 (0.5) | 25 (0.4) | 1.14 (0.40, 3.23) |
| y | 769 (15.9) | 4072 (84.1) | 5 (0.7) | 55 (1.4) | 0.47 (0.19, 1.15)a |
a
Adjusted for gender, race, continuous BMI, smoking status, HPT, DM, myocardial infarction history, history of heart failure, chronic renal failure, extent of coronary disease (single vessel and multiple vessels).
BMI: Body mass index, HPT: hypertension, DM: diabetes mellitus.