Table 1.
Participant characteristics at baseline
| Characteristic | Female participants |
Male participants |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1185) | (n = 1087) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Age, y | 48.19 ± 5.45 | 47.85 ± 5.79 | 0.145 |
| Clinical risk factors | |||
| Hypertension | 697 (58.82) | 576 (52.99) | 0.005 |
| Dyslipidemia | 931 (78.57) | 812 (74.70) | 0.032 |
| Diabetes | 401 (33.84) | 204 (18.77) | < 0.0001 |
| Obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) | 587 (49.75) | 495 (45.83) | 0.063 |
| Smoking currently | 372 (31.39) | 384 (35.33) | 0.049 |
| Clinical characteristics | |||
| Type of ACS | |||
| STEMI | 606 (51.14) | 661 (60.81) | < 0.0001 |
| NSTEMI | 559 (47.17) | 395 (36.34) | |
| Unstable angina | 20 (1.69) | 31 (2.85) | |
| Reperfusion therapy | |||
| Primary PCI, STEMI patients | 446 (75.68) | 453 (70.89) | 0.061 |
| PCI, NSTEMI patients | 398 (76.54) | 279 (79.49) | 0.32 |
Values are mean ± standard deviation, or n (%), unless otherwise indicated.
ACS, acute coronary syndrome; BMI, body mass index; NSTEMI, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.