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Table 2 Disease Characteristics of the AMI and UAP Cases in the CAREMA Cohort, 1987-2003

From: Smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and family history and the risks of acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris: a prospective cohort study

 

AMI cases (n = 420)

UAP cases (n = 274)

 

Mean (SD)

mean (SD)

Age at diagnosis (years)

56.5 (7.7)

58.4 (7.4)

Time at risk (years)

7.2 (4.2)

7.9 (3.9)

 

n (%)

n (%)

Coronary angiography

  

No abnormalities

5 (1.2)

2 (0.7)

1-Vessel disease

107 (25.5)

84 (30.7)

2-Vessel disease

77 (18.3)

55 (20.1)

3-Vessel disease

61 (14.5)

62 (22.6)

Left main stem stenosis

9 (2.1)

16 (5.8)

Unknowna

161 (38.3)

55 (20.1)

Follow-up

  

Revascularization within 60 days after diagnosisb

174 (41.4)

137 (50.0)

 

median (5 th - 95 th perc)

median (5 th - 95 th perc)

Time to death (years)

2.9 (0.0 - 14.5)c

2.4 (0.0 - 14.2)

  1. AMI, acute myocardial infarction; n, number; perc, percentile; SD, standard deviation; UAP, unstable angina pectoris.
  2. a No coronary angiography performed or findings not reported.
  3. b Exclusion of cases with a diagnosis of UAP (for the AMI cases) or AMI (for the UAP cases) within these 60 days and preceding the revascularization.
  4. c Restricted to cases with incident AMI who were not identified as case by the causes of death registry of Statistics Netherlands (n = 66).