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Table 2 ACS Patient characteristics

From: Circulating cardio-enriched microRNAs are associated with long-term prognosis following myocardial infarction

Characteristic

Distribution total cohort

Distribution experienced endpoint

Distribution no end-point

p

Sample size

407

74

333

 

Age

65 (11.1)

67.8 (11.8)

64.5 (10.9)

0.02

Men

76.9%

78.1%

76.6%

0.79

Diabetes Mellitus

17.2%

17.8%

17.1%

0.88

Hypertonia

43.5%

52.1%

41.6%

0.10

Current Smoking

24.8%

23.3%

25.1%

0.74

Mean time to sample (hours)

38.4 (32.2)

42.7 (13.7)

38.2 (6.9)

0.28

Diagnosis

   

0.04

STEMI

42.5%

53.4%

40.1%

0.79

NSTEMI

35.9%

35.6%

35.9%

 

Non-MI

21.6%

11.0%

24.0%

 

       Unstable angina

63,6%

85.7%

62,5%

 

       Stable angina

21,6%

0%

26.2%

 

       Chest pain

14,8%

14.3%

11.2%

 

Troponin T (ng/l)

2.55 (3.76)

5.14 (5.25)

1.98 (3.08)

<0.0000001

Concurrent therapy

Aspirin

35.1%

34.2%

35.3%

0.79

Beta-adrenergic antagonists

32.4%

56.2%

29.9%

0.05

Ca2+-channel antagonists

17.7%

19.2%

17.4%

0.61

Statins

31.7%

35.6%

30.8%

0.60

ACE inhibitors

17.7%

26.0%

15.9%

0.08

Death within 3 months (%)

1.2%

6.8%

0%

0.000001

LVEF

   

<0.0000001

>50%

62.8%

5.6%

78.7%

 

40-49%

17.4%

5.6%

21.3%

 

30-39%

14.5%

67.6%

0%

 

<30%

4.4%

21.1%

0%

 

miRNA (ln 2-∆Ct)

miR-1

−2.69 (0.99)

−2.58 (1.08)

−2.71 (0.97)

0.32

miR-208b

−4.59 (2.22)

−3.70 (2.38)

−4.78 (2.14)

0.0001

miR-499-5p

−4.77 (1.80)

−4.03 (2.04)

−4.93 (1.71)

0.00009

  1. Continuous variables are presented as sample mean and standard deviation. P-values reflect comparisons between “Experienced endpoint” and “No endpoint” and are derived from Student’s t-tests for continuous variables and from Pearson’s chi-squared tests for frequency distributions. P-values below the threshold for statistical significance are bolded. STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI, non ST-elevation myocardial infarction; MI, myocardial infarction; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.