Table 1.
Clinical and biochemical parameters of the studied patients at admission.
| UA n = 33 |
STEMI Survivors n = 36 |
STEMI Deceased n = 35 |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 71.97 ± 3.45 | 72.06 ± 7.3 | 73.41 ± 9.86 | 0.6656 |
| Sex (M/F) | 17/16 | 20/16 | 19/15 | 0.923 |
| Body mass index (Kg/m2) | 26.38 ± 2.86 | 26.66 ± 2.06 | 27.07 ± 4.07 | 0.6774 |
| Hypertension (%) | 56 | 72 | 71 | 0.3525 |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 21 | 25 | 41 | 0.1903 |
| Smoking (%) | 17 | 25 | 35 | 0.0859 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.07 ± 0.47 | 0.97 ± 0.4 | 1.12 ± 0.73 | 0.5012 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.63 ± 0.44 | 1.33 ± 0.34 ** | 1.19 ± 0.31 **** | <0.0001 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.21 ± 0.64 | 2.81 ± 1.01 ** | 2.12 ± 0.89 †† | 0.0022 |
| Log10 C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 3.30 ± 0.63 | 3.78 ± 0.71 * | 4.42 ± 0.87 **** †† | <0.0001 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 77.74 ± 13.94 | 69.66 ± 18.21 | 51.11 ± 20.50 **** †††† | <0.0001 |
| GRACE 2.0 risk score | ND | 188.5 ± 44.23 | 251.6 ± 44.35 †††† | <0.0001 |
| Log10 hs-cTnT (ng/L) | 3.90 ± 0.17 | 5.36 ± 0.79 **** | 6.06 ± 0.72 †††† **** | <0.0001 |
UA: unstable angina; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; HDL-C and LDL-C: high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate by CKD-EPI equation; GRACE 2.0: Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events. ND, non-determined. Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 **** p < 0.0001 vs. UA†† p < 0.01 †††† p < 0.0001 vs. STEMI survivors.