Table 1.
Distribution of demographic characteristics and vascular risk factors of patients according to disease in both year ranges.
| Population (n = 2054) |
Dx 2011-15 (n = 829) |
Dx 2016-20 (n = 1225) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic age, years (IQR) | 76 (67–83) | 75 (65–82) | 77 (68–84) | <0.001 |
| Age group n (%) | 0.013 | |||
| <55 | 194 (9.44) | 85 (10.25) | 109 (8.90) | |
| 55–80 | 1139 (55.45) | 484 (58.38) | 655 (53.47) | |
| >80 | 721 (35.10) | 260 (31.36) | 461 (37.63) | |
| Sex n (%) | 0.962 | |||
| Men | 1157 (56.33) | 468 (56.45) | 689 (56.24) | |
| Women | 897 (43.67) | 361 (43.55) | 536 (43.76) | |
| No. VRFs n (%) | 0.284 | |||
| 1–2 | 1160 (56.48) | 456 (55.01) | 704 (57.47) | |
| 3–4 | 813 (39.58) | 344 (41.50) | 469 (38.29) | |
| >4 | 81 (3.94) | 29 (3.50) | 52 (4.24) | |
| VRF type n (%) | 0.243 | |||
| HPN | 1788 (35.86) | 725 (35.42) | 1063 (36.17) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 1300 (26.07) | 535 (26.14) | 765 (26.03) | |
| Heart disease and AF | 753 (15.10) | 289 (14.12) | 464 (15.79) | |
| Hyperglycemia and DM | 313 (6.28) | 134 (6.55) | 179 (6.09) | |
| Overweight and obesity | 627 (12.58) | 270 (13.19) | 357 (12.15) | |
| Alcoholism | 74 (1.48) | 29 (1.42) | 45 (1.53) | |
| Smoking | 131 (2.63) | 65 (3.18) | 66 (2.25) |
VRF: vascular risk factor; Dx: diagnosis; AF: atrial fibrillation; DM: diabetes mellitus. Qualitative variables are represented by the number of cases (percentage), and the quantitative variables are represented by median (interquartile range). The Mann–Whitney U and chi-square tests were used to assess the differences in quantitative and qualitative variables, respectively, between the two groups.