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Table 1 Patient characteristics according to classification of renal function by eGFR.

From: Renal function at the time of a myocardial infarction maintains prognostic value for more than 10 years

 

eGFR group 1

eGFR ≥ 75.0 ml per minute per 1.73 m2

(n = 1772)

eGFR group

2 60.0 ≤ ≤74.9 ml per minute per 1.73 m2

(n = 2071)

eGFR group 3

45 ≤ ≤59.9 ml per minute per 1.73 m2

(n = 1726)

eGFR group 4

eGFR <45 ml per minute per 1.73 m2

(n = 1107)

P Value*

Age (SD)

59.7

66.6

71.1

75.0

<0.0001

Gender,%

     

   Women

16.9

28.4

42.5

49.9

<0.0001

   Men

83.1

71.6

57.5

50.1

 

Body mass index (SD)

25,8

25.9

25.6

25.2

<0.0001

Creatinine (mean), μmol/l

80.1

95.6

112.1

174.5

<0.0001

Hypertension,%

15.9

20.4

25.8

32.8

<0.0001

Diabetes,%

6.7

9.8

12.1

17.2

<0.0001

Angina pectoris%

27.5

36.0

42.1

45.2

<0.0001

Previous MI,%

17.0

22.6

26.0

30.8

<0.0001

Heart failure,%

34.2

48.8

64.1

77.3

<0.0001

Smoking,%

     

   Previously

16.9

22.2

24.9

25.1

<0.0001

   Currently

65.8

52.9

44.5

36.2

 

Thrombolysis,%

49.7

45.3

37.4

23.7

<0.0001

Previous stroke,%

4.6

7.0

9.4

14.2

<0.0001

Diuretic treatment,%***

25.2

40.2

53.7

70.0

<0.0001

Digoxin at discharge,%***

7.2

13.9

21.0

31.3

<0.0001

ACE inhibitor at discharge,%***

4.2

5.8

9.8

15.3

<0.0001

NYHA,%

     

   Class I

68.3

62.2

51.6

38.9

<0.0001

   Class II

25.6

27.6

31.4

33.4

 

   Class III

2.2

3.8

5.4

6.6

 

   Class IV

2.6

4.3

7.8

15.5

 

Killip**,%

     

   Class I

88.6

82.8

74.2

62.8

<0.0001

   Class II

9.1

13.5

18.6

21.9

 

   Class III

0.5

1.3

2.6

5.4

 

   Class IV

1.9

2.3

4.7

9.9

 

Wall motion index,%

     

   >1,6

42.5

33.4

28.9

21.8

<0.0001

   1,3-1,6

24.7

24.5

22.4

21.8

 

   0,8-1,2

26.2

33.1

35.4

34.2

 

   <0,8

2.0

4.0

6.3

9.8

 

Not classified

4.5

5.0

7.0

12.6

 

Ventricular fibrillation.%****

5.4

6.5

9.3

8.0

<0.0001

Ventricular tachycardia,%****

12.2

12.8

13.1

12.6

0.8744

Atrial fibrillation,%****

12.3

18.2

25.6

32.4

<0.0001

  1. *for difference between groups.
  2. ** Worst Killip class during index hospitalization
  3. SD, standard deviation; NYHA, New York Heart Association;
  4. P-values calculated with the use of chi2-test for discrete variables and t-test for continuous variables.
  5. ***At discharge.
  6. ****During hospital stay (day 5 to discharge)
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