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Table 1 Characteristics considered in the basic assessment tool by unrecognized myocardial infarction status

From: Assessment tools for unrecognized myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional analysis of the REasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke population

 

UMI

No MI

p-value

(n = 740)

(n = 15,913)

Age (years)

66.7 (9.9)

63.2 (9.6)

<0.001

Female (%)

61.8

65.8

0.03

African-American (%)

42.2

41.3

0.66

Smoking status (%)

  

0.003

 Never smoker

45.1

50.0

 

 Past smoker

36.8

35.9

 

 Current smoker

18.1

14.1

 

Alcohol use (%)

  

0.40

 None

64.0

62.6

 

 Moderate

32.8

33.3

 

 Heavy

3.2

4.1

 

History of stroke (%)

6.8

4.3

0.002

History of transient ischemic attack (%)

4.9

3.2

0.01

History of deep vein thrombosis (%)

4.6

4.6

0.93

History of peripheral vascular disease (%)

1.6

1.1

0.24

History of dialysis (%)

0.4

0.2

0.17

History of falls (%)

18.7

15.5

0.02

Self-reported diabetes (%)

24.6

18.9

<0.001

Self-reported hypertension (%)

68.0

54.4

<0.001

Self-reported dyslipidemia (%)

50.1

49.3

0.64

Family history of myocardial infarction (%)

31.1

33.7

0.13

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

130 (18)

126 (16)

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

77 (10)

76 (10)

0.12

Current use of antihypertensives (%)

64.0

49.5

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

29.0 (6.9)

29.4 (6.3)

0.10

  1. Numbers in table are mean (standard deviation) or percent. UMI Unrecognized myocardial infarction; MI Myocardial infarction.