Behavior in a stressful situation, personality factors, and disease severity in patients with acute myocardial infarction: baseline findings from the prospective cohort study SECAMI (The Secondary Prevention and Compliance following Acute Myocardial Infarction-study)

André-Petersson, Lena; Schlyter, Mona; Engström, Gunnar; Tydén, Patrik; Hedblad, Bo

doi:10.1186/1471-2261-11-45

Table 3 Results from multivariate analyses: Background, clinical, and psychosocial factors and their associations with four different indicators of severity of myocardial infarction, (n = 147).

From: Behavior in a stressful situation, personality factors, and disease severity in patients with acute myocardial infarction: baseline findings from the prospective cohort study SECAMI (The Secondary Prevention and Compliance following Acute Myocardial Infarction-study)

Indicator of severity	Factor	OR¹	95% C I²	p
Maximum troponin I-level; above median	Behavior in the CWT and level of extraversion
	Adaptive behavior and high level of extraversion		Reference
	Adaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	1.88	0.60-5.90	0.28³
	Maladaptive behavior and high level of extraversion	1.23	0.53-2.83	0.63³
	Maladaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	2.97	1.08-8.20	0.04³
	Formal education of < 9 years	0.48	0.21-1.08	0.08
	Immigrant	2.18	0.70-6.79	0.18
	Treatment for angina pectoris	0.52	0.17-1.62	0.26
	Previous revascularization⁴	0.63	0.15-2.72	0.54
Maximum creatine kinase-MB; above median	Behavior in the CWT and level of extraversion
	Adaptive behavior and high level of extraversion		Reference
	Adaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	1.26	0.40-4.01	0.70³
	Maladaptive behavior and high level of extraversion	1.10	0.46-2.61	0.83³
	Maladaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	3.33	1.12-9.93	0.03³
	Current smoking	2.36	1.14-4.88	0.02
	Previous revascularization⁴	0.19	0.04- < 1.00	0.05
	Formal education of < 9 years	0.50	0.21-1.15	0.10
	Immigrant	2.27	0.69-7.51	0.18
	Treatment for angina pectoris	0.71	0.22-2.33	0.58
Q-wave infarction	Behavior in the CWT and level of extraversion
	Adaptive behavior and high level of extraversion		Reference
	Adaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	1.31	0.43-4.02	0.64³
	Maladaptive behavior and high level of extraversion	0.73	0.31-1.75	0.48³
	Maladaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	1.65	0.65-4.18	0.30³
	History of MI	0.37	0.10-1.34	0.37
Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 50%	Behavior in the CWT and level of extraversion
	Adaptive behavior and high level of extraversion		Reference
	Adaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	1.15	0.35-3.80	0.82³
	Maladaptive behavior and high level of extraversion	1.14	0.49-2.64	0.76³
	Maladaptive behavior and low level of extraversion	1.06	0.39-2.91	0.91³
	Female sex	2.28	< 1.00-5.21	< 0.05
	Moderate to severe level of depression (BDI ≥ 19)	4.56	0.89-23.26	0.07
	Presently not employed or professionally active	1.62	0.81-3.27	0.17
	History of MI	2.05	0.55-7.59	0.28
	Treatment for angina pectoris	1.45	0.48-4.39	0.51

¹Odds Ratio
²Confidence Interval
³In comparison with the reference stratum
⁴PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) or CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft)

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