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. 2019 Nov 19;9(11):e030159. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030159

Table 4.

Comparison of in-hospital mortality between young (age ≤45 and older (age >45) Malaysian women presented as unadjusted and adjusted risk ratio (RR) with 95% CI

Number of patients Deaths
n (%)
Unadjusted risk ratio (95% CI) P value Adjusted risk ratio* (95% CI) P value
All patients (n=5761)
Young women 287 15 (5.2%) Reference Reference
Older women 5474 660 (12.1%) 6.23 (4.90 to 7.56) <0.001 6.58 (5.01 to 7.94) <0.001
STEMI (n=2748)
Young women 185 12 (6.5%) Reference Reference
Older women 2563 411 (16.0%) 9.45 (8.21 to 10.43) 0.001 9.84 (8.74 to 10.92) <0.001
NSTEMI (n=3013)
Young women 102 3 (2.9%) Reference Reference
Older women 2911 249 (8.6%) 5.21 (4.56 to 6.87) 0.044 5.58 (4.97 to 7.02) 0.023

*Adjusted for are age, ethnicity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes, family history of premature CAD, chronic renal failure, Killip class, door to needle time, aspirin, statin and PCI.