Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan (n = 720)
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Demographic and socio-economic Characteristics | |
Age | |
   Mean (SD) | 54.1 (11.6) |
Sex | |
   Male | 562 (78.1) |
Ethnicity | |
   Muhajir | 524 (72.8) |
   Sindhi | 61 (8.5) |
   Punjabi | 44 (6.1) |
   Pushto | 28 (3.9) |
   Balochi | 16 (2.2) |
   Others § | 47 (6.5) |
Marital status | |
   Single | 28 (3.9) |
   Married | 645 (89.6) |
   Separated | 01 (0.1) |
   Widowed | 46 (6.4) |
Literacy Status | |
Can read & write a paragraph (3 line) | |
   Yes | 471 (65.4) |
Received formal (school) education | |
   None (defined as Illiterate) | 25 (3.5) |
   ≤ 5 years | 130 (18.0) |
   6–10 years | 197 (27.4) |
   > 10 year | 119 (16.5) |
Parents related prior to marriage | |
   Yes | 246 (34.2) |
Type of relationship | |
First cousins+ | 217 (30.1) |
Second cousins * | 29 (4.0) |
Family history of CVD (first degree relative) | |
   Yes | 265 (36.8) |
Types of family system | |
   Nuclear | 246 (34.2) |
   Extended | 474 (65.8) |
Income (PKRS) | |
   Median (IQR⊥) | 4500 (4000) |
   ≤ 3000 | 185 (25.7) |
   3001–5000 | 241 (33.5) |
   5001–8000 | 151 (21.0) |
   > 8000 | 101 (14.0) |
   Did not reveal | 42 (5.8) |
General health behaviors | |
Tobacco use | |
   Never used | 360 (50.0) |
   Current user | 141 (19.6) |
   Ex-user | 219 (30.4) |
Exercise € | |
   Yes | 31 (4.3) |
Number of visits for any health facility in past one year | |
   ≤ 4 | 302 (41.9) |
   5 – 6 | 249 (34.6) |
   ≥ 7 | 169 (23.5) |
Clinical Characteristics | |
Hypertension | |
   Yes | 312 (43.3) |
Diabetes | |
   Yes | 197 (27.4) |