Table 1.
Baseline risk characteristics stratified by sex
| Baseline risk characteristics by sex | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Men (n = 1693) | Women (n = 404) | P-value |
| Demographics | |||
| Age at event, median (IQR) | 45.0 (41.0, 48.0) | 45.0 (42.0, 48.0) | 0.98 |
| Caucasian | 1250 (73.8%) | 291 (72.0%) | 0.46 |
| STEMI | 934 (55.2%) | 187 (46.3%) | 0.001 |
| Length of stay, median (IQR) | 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) | 4.0 (2.0, 6.0) | 0.011 |
| Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD) | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.8 (1.3) | <0.001 |
| Income, median (IQR), in thousands of US dollars | 72.6 (54.9, 87.4) | 65.3 (50.9, 83.4) | <0.001 |
| Insurance category | 0.011 | ||
| None | 147 (9.3%) | 25 (6.5%) | |
| Public | 454 (28.6%) | 138 (35.8%) | |
| Private | 985 (62.1) | 222 (57.7%) | |
| Past medical history | |||
| Hypertension | 784 (46.3%) | 196 (48.5%) | 0.42 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 1643 (97.0%) | 271 (67.1%) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 320 (18.9%) | 96 (23.8%) | 0.028 |
| Former smoker | 237 (14.2%) | 40 (10.0%) | 0.026 |
| Current smokers | 843 (50.4%) | 223 (55.5%) | 0.065 |
| Illicit Substance usea | 202 (11.9%) | 31 (7.7%) | 0.014 |
| Cocaine use | 84 (5.0%) | 15 (3.7%) | 0.27 |
| Marijuana use | 141 (8.5%) | 20 (5.0%) | 0.019 |
| Alcohol use | 243 (14.6%) | 26 (6.5%) | <0.001 |
| Obesity | 584 (39.6) | 166 (43.9) | 0.12 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 34 (2.0%) | 7 (1.8%) | 0.71 |
| Sleep apnoea | 93 (5.6%) | 15 (3.8%) | 0.14 |
| Depression | 167 (10.3%) | 93 (24.1%) | <0.001 |
| Rheumatologic diseases | 21 (1.3%) | 27 (6.7%) | <0.001 |
| Family history of premature CAD | 467 (27.6%) | 115 (28.5%) | 0.72 |
| Laboratory values | |||
| Normalized troponin, median (IQR) | 43.7 (11.6, 150.7) | 30 (7.0, 148.5) | 0.015 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 1.1 (0.4) | 0.9 (0.4) | <0.001 |
| Glomerular filtration rate, (mL/min per 1.73 m2), mean (SD) | 80.6 (20.1) | 78.3 (24.3) | 0.048 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 193.6 (56.8) | 186.8 (55.2) | 0.042 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 120.4 (46.7) | 114.0 (47.0) | 0.021 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 36.2 (9.3) | 39.9 (13.1) | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL), median (IQR) | 155.0 | 130.0 | <0.001 |
| (105.0, 228.0) | (89.0, 187.0) | ||
a
Illicit Substances include marijuana, cocaine, i.v.-drugs, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and amphetamines.