Long-term impact of postconditioning on infarct size and left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Table 1 Patient characteristics in the control and PostC groups

Variables	Control group	PostC group	p
	n = 35	n = 33
At admission
Age, years (range)	62 (42–85)	63 (37–85)	0.96
Male sex	31 (89)	28 (85)	0.73
Body mass index, kg/m² (IQR)	27 (25, 29)	27 (25, 31)	0.37
Ischemia time, minutes (IQR)	180 (141, 255)	165 (133, 202)	0.27
Current smokers	9 (26)	9 (27)	1.0
Hypertension	11(31)	5(15)	0.16
Previous angina	3 (9)	5 (15)	0.47
Diabetes mellitus*	10 (32)	9 (29)	1.0
Treatment on admission
Aspirin,	3 (9)	1 (3)	0.61
Beta-blockers	4 (11)	1 (3)	0.36
ACE/ARB	6 (17)	2 (6)	0.26
Statins	3 (9)	2 (6)	1.0
Treatment during angioplasty
Aspirin	35 (100)	31 (94)	0.23
Clopidogrel	34 (97)	31 (94)	0.61
Glycoprotein inhibitors	27 (77)	26 (79)	1.0
Opioids	26 (74)	28 (85)	0.37
Treatment at discharge
Aspirin, n (%)	35 (100)	32 (97)	0.49
Clopidogrel, n (%)	35 (100)	33 (100)	1.0
Beta-blockers, n (%)	34 (97)	33 (100)	1.0
ACE/ARB, n (%)	20 (57)	21 (61)	0.64
Statins, n (%)	34 (97)	32 (97)	1.0

Data are presented as median and quartiles for continuous variables except age which is median and range, or number of patients and percentage for dichotomous variables. ACE Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB Angiotensin receptor blocker. * n = 31 both in Control and PostC.

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