Table 1.

Characteristics of survivors of myocardial infarction (MI) in Augsburg, Germany, from 2005 to 2015 ($n=\mathrm{5,898}$).

Characteristic	$n$ (%)
Male	4,495 (76.2)
Female	1,403 (23.8)
Age (y)
25–59	2,424 (41.1)
60–74	3,474 (58.9)
Missing	0 (0)
Admission type
Incident MI	4,890 (82.9)
Recurrent MI	1,006 (17.1)
Missing	2 (0.0)
Infarction type
STEMI	2,333 (39.6)
NSTEMI	3,048 (51.7)
Bundle branch blocks	368 (6.2)
Missing	149 (2.5)
Living alone
Yes	1,107 (18.8)
No	4,543 (77.0)
Missing	248 (4.2)
History of disease
Diabetes	1,797 (30.5)
Hypertension	4,528 (76.8)
Education level
Low (primary school)	3,460 (58.7)
Medium (high school)	1,060 (18.0)
High (university)	629 (10.7)
Missing	749 (12.6)
Obesity ($\text{BMI}>30{\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}}^2$)
Yes	1,615 (27.4)
No	3,975 (67.4)
Missing	308 (5.2)
Smoking status
Smoker	2,208 (37.4)
Ex-smoker	1,845 (31.3)
Nonsmoker	1,519 (25.8)
Missing	326 (5.5)

Note: BMI, body mass index; NSTEMI, non-ST segment elevation MI; STEMI, ST segment elevation MI.