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Table 1 Background and clinical characteristics

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)

   

Maximum troponin I;

Above median

n = 74

Maximum creatine

kinase-MB;

Above median

n = 74

Q-wave infarction

n = 51

Left ventricular ejection

fraction (LVEF) ≤ 50%

n = 79

 

n

%

OR1

(95% CI2)

p

OR1

(95% CI2)

p

OR1

(95% CI2)

p

OR1

(95% CI2)

p

Age

58.1 (mean)

± 8.7 (SD3)

0.98

(0.94-1.01)

0.22

0.98

(0.94-1.01)

0.18

1.02

(0.98-1.06)

0.45

1.01

(0.97-1.05)

0.56

Female sex

39

26.5

0.69

(0.33-1.45)

0.33

0.80

(0.38-1.66)

0.54

1.08

(0.50-2.31)

0.85

2.42

(1.11-5.27)

0.03

Immigrant

17

11.6

2.63

(0.88-7.90)

0.08

2.63

(0.88-7.90)

0.08

1.80

(0.65-4.99)

0.26

0.56

(0.20-1.57)

0.27

Educational level less than 9 years

42

28.6

0.50

(0.24-1.04)

0.06

0.50

(0.24-1.04)

0.06

1.07

(0.50-2.25)

0.87

0.71

(0.35-1.45)

0.35

History of myocardial infarction

18

12.2

0.76

(0.28-2.06)

0.59

0.45

(0.16-1.27)

0.13

0.34

(0.09-1.23)

0.10

2.48

(0.84-7.36)

0.10

Previous revascularization4

17

11.6

0.37

(0.12-1.11)

0.08

0.18

(0.05-0.65)

0.01

0.37

(0.10-1.34)

0.13

1.67

(0.58-4.79)

0.34

Treatment for hypertension

65

44.2

1.15

(0.60-2.21)

0.67

0.92

(0.48-1.77)

0.81

1.52

(0.77-3.01)

0.23

1.26

(0.65-2.42)

0.49

Treatment for hyperlipidemia

31

21.1

0.91

(0.41-2.00)

0.81

0.55

(0.25-1.24)

0.15

1.05

(0.46-2.40)

0.92

1.48

(0.66-3.32)

0.34

Treatment for angina pectoris

29

19.7

0.44

(0.19-1.04)

0.06

0.37

(0.15-0.87)

0.02

0.99

(0.42-2.32)

0.98

2.72

(1.11-6.62)

0.03

Treatment for diabetes mellitus

22

15.0

0.51

(0.20-1.30)

0.16

0.79

(0.32-1.97)

0.62

0.86

(0.33-2.27)

0.76

1.62

(0.63-4.12)

0.32

BMI

27.5 (mean)

± 4.5 (SD3)

1.01

(0.94-1.09)

0.76

1.02

(0.94-1.09)

0.68

0.98

(0.91-1.06)

0.65

1.03

(0.96-1.11)

0.38

Living alone

36

24.5

0.63

(0.29-1.35)

0.23

1.14

(0.54-2.42)

0.74

1.49

(0.69-3.22)

0.31

0.82

(0.39-1.74)

0.61

Currently smoking

65

44.2

1.44

(0.75-2.76)

0.28

2.26

(1.16-4.39)

0.02

1.72

(0.87-3.41)

0.12

1.13

(0.59-2.16)

0.72

Presently not employed or professionally active

74

50.3

0.70

(0.37-1.34)

0.28

0.78

(0.41-1.50)

0.46

1.49

(0.75-2.96)

0.25

1.78

(0.92-3.43)

0.09

Moderate to severe level of depression (BDI ≥ 17)

15

10.2

1.14

(0.39-3.33)

0.81

1.14

(0.39-3.33)

0.81

0.66

(0.20-2.18)

0.49

6.50

(1.41-29.94)

0.02

  1. Distribution and associations with four different indicators of severity of myocardial infarction (n = 147).
  2. 1Odds Ratio; 2Confidence Interval; 3Standard Deviation; 4PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) or CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft)
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