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. 2021 Feb 2;20:33. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01222-9

Table 2.

Demographic, clinical, laboratory findings and treatment of obstructive-AMI and MINOCA patients, according to admission to hyperglycemia

Obstructive-AMI
N = 2450
MINOCA
N = 239
aHGL
N = 977
aNGL
N = 1473
p-value aHGL
N = 40
aNGL
N = 199
p-value
Age, years, median (IQR) 72.0 (62.0–80.0) 68.0 (58.0–78.0)  < 0.001 74 (67–81) 68 (53 – 77) 0.001
Gender Female, n (%) 280 (28.7) 383 (26) 0.1 28 (70) 129 (64.8) 0.5
BMI Kg/m2, median (IQR) 26.8 (24.2–30.3) 26.2 (23.9–29.0) 0.001 25.9 (22.8–29.2) 25.6 (22.4 – 28.2) 0.6
Cardiovascular risk factors
 Current/past smoking, n (%) 547 (56.3) 908 (62.4) 0.007 13 (32.5) 88 (44.7) 0.1
 Hypertension, n (%) 720 (74.2) 967 (65.9)  < 0.001 30 (75) 129 (65.2) 0.2
 Dyslipidemia, n (%) 595 (61.3) 898 (61.2) 0.9 21 (52.5) 123 (61.8) 0.3
 Type-2 diabetes, n (%) 477 (48.8) 113 (7.7)  < 0.001 12 (30.0) 11 (5.5)  < 0.001
Medical history
 Previous AMI, n (%) 238 (24.5) 290 (19.8) 0.006 2 (5.4) 18 (9.8) 0.4
 Previous stroke, n (%) 80 (8.2) 79 (5.4) 0.005 2 (5.0) 11 (5.5) 0.8
 COPD, n (%) 122 (12.5) 152 (10.3) 0.09 5 (12.5) 21 (10.6) 0.7
 PAD, n (%) 103 (10.6) 85 (5.8)  < 0.001 2 (5) 5 (2.5) 0.4
Clinical presentations
 Angina, n (%) 813 (83.7) 1337 (91)  < 0.001 28 (70) 170 (85.4) 0.02
 HR, median (IQR) 81 (70–97) 75 (65–88)  < 0.001 95 (76–134) 80 (66 – 93)  < 0.001
 SBP, median (IQR) 140 (120–160) 140 (120–160) 0.5 140 (118–160) 140 (120 – 155) 0.7
 DBP, median (IQR) 80 (70–90) 80 (70–90) 0.3 80 (70–85) 80 (70 – 90) 0.4
 Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 103 (10.6) 93 (6.4)  < 0.001 13 (32.5) 14 (7.1)  < 0.001
 STEMI, n (%) 468 (47.9) 648 (43.9) 0.057 5 (12.5) 23 (11.6) 0.8
Laboratory parameters
 Hemoglobin g/dL, median (IQR) 13.6 (12.1–15.0) 14.0 (12.7–15.1) 0.001 13.2 (12.1–14.8) 13.4 (12.1 – 14.5) 0.9
 Admission BGL level mg/dL, median (IQR) 183 (157–238) 111 (99–122)  < 0.001 183 (154–227) 104 (93 – 117)  < 0.001
 Discharge BGL level, mg/dl, median (IQR) 114 (97–145) 98 (85–112)  < 0.001 105 (92–127) 97 (85.0 – 111) 0.02
 HbA1c, mmol/mol, median (IQR) 47 (40–60) 37 (34–40)  < 0.001 40 (37–50) 36 (32 – 40) 0.003
 Creatinine mg/dl, median (IQR) 1.0 (0.9–1.3) 0.9 (0.8–1.1)  < 0.001 1.0 (0.7–1.2) 0.8 (0.7 – 1.0) 0.04
 C-TOT, mg/dL median (IQR) 181 (149–216) 192 (161–222)  < 0.001 169 (151–205) 197 (167 – 224) 0.03
 C-LDL, mg/dL median (IQR) 111 (85–139) 121 (93–149)  < 0.001 97 (84–127) 118 (97 – 144) 0.04
 Tryglicerides, median (IQR) 116 (84–165) 112 (83–153) 0.02 116 (89–143) 111 (80 – 153) 0.8
Admission medical therapy
 Aspirin, n (%) 374 (38.6) 501 (34.2) 0.03 8 (20) 50 (25.1) 0.5
 P2Y12 Inhibitor,s n (%) 99 (10.2) 110 (7.5) 0.02 2 (5) 9 (4.5) 0.9
 Beta-blockers, n (%) 401 (41.4) 520 (35.6) 0.004 17 (42.5) 60 (30.2) 0.1
 RAAS inhibitors, n (%) 504 (52) 659 (45.1) 0.002 23 (57.5) 64 (32.2) 0.002
 Statins, n (%) 297 (30.7) 395 (27) 0.048 15 (37.5) 51 (25.6) 0.1
Admission glucose-lowering agents
 Insulin sensitizers (metformin), n (%) 259 (31.4) 69 (4.3)  < 0.001 5 (14.7) 8 (4) 0.01
 Insulin providers (sulfonylureas), n (%) 160 (19.4) 37 (2.3)  < 0.001 3 (8.8) 2 (1.0) 0.004
 DPP-4 Inhibitors, n (%) 29 (3.5) 6 (0.4)  < 0.001 1 (2.9) 1 (0.5) 0.1
 GLP-1 Agonist, n (%) 7 (0.8) 2 (0.1) 0.02 0 0 0.99
 SGLT-2 Inhibitors, n (%) 3 (0.4) 2 (0.1) 0.06 0 0 0.99
 Insulin, n (%) 120 (14.6) 27 (1.7)  < 0.001 2 (5.9) 0 0.001
 PCI total, n (%) 809 (83) 1213 (82.8) 0.9 0 0 0.99
 PCI NSTEMI, n (%) 325 (75.9) 586 (76.4) 0.85 0 0 0.99

Continuous variables are presented as median (IQR) while categorical ones as n (%). AMI  acute myocardial infarction, MINOCA  myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries, Obs-AMI   obstructive acute myocardial infarction, aHGL  admission High Glucose Level, aNGL   admission normal glucose level, BMI  body max index, COPD  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HR  heart rate, SBP  systolic blood pressure, DBP  diastolic blood pressure, STEMI  ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, BGL  blood glucose level, HbA1c  glycated hemoglobin, C-TOT = total cholesterol, LDL-c   LDL cholesterol, RAAS  Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, DPP-4  dipeptidyl peptidase 4, GLP-1  glucagon-like peptide 1, SGLT-2  Sodium glucose co-transporter 2, PCI  percutaneous coronary intervention

The last column shows the comparison between hyperglycemic obstructive-AMI and MINOCA patients