Table 1. Baseline demographic characteristics of the study population.

Variables	In-hospital survivors (n = 50)	In-hospital deaths (n = 7)	p-value
Age (years)	60.8 + 15.8	47.4 + 17.5	0.043
Male gender, n (%)	34 (68.0)	5 (71.4)	0.855
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	15 (30.0)	4 (57.1)	0.154
Hypertension, n (%)	24 (48.0)	5 (71.4)	0.246
Hyperlipidaemia, n (%)	12 (24.0)	1 (14.3)	0.566
Cigarette smoking, n (%)	6 (12.0)	1 (14.3)	0.863
History of MI, n (%)	9 (18.0)	2 (28.6)	0.507
History of CVA, n (%)	3 (6.0)	2 (28.6)	0.048
History of PCI, n (%)	5 (10)	1 (14.3)	0.729
History of CABG, n (%)	6 (12.0)	1 (14.3)	0.863
New diagnosis of HF, n (%)	7 (14)	0 (0.0)	0.291
BMI (kg/m²)	26.1 + 4.9	22.4 + 3.8	0.062
Hospitalisation length (days)	15.2 + 22.2	23.6 + 27.2	0.345
NYHA functional class	3.2 + 4.9	3.4 + 5.6	0.237

BMI: body mass index, CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting, CVA: cerebrovascular accident, HF: heart failure, MI: myocardial infarction, NYHA: NewYork Heart Association, PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention.