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Table 2 In-hospital procedures and treatment strategy by age category and stratified by type of AMI (n = 3475)

From: Predictors of non-invasive therapy and 28-day-case fatality in elderly compared to younger patients with acute myocardial infarction: an observational study from the MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry

 

Age category

Variable

25–64 years n = 1329 (38.2)

65–74 years n = 1083 (31.2)

75–84 years n = 1063 (30.6)

p Value

Type of AMI

STEMI n = 625 (47.0)

NSTEMI n = 651 (49.0)

BBB n = 53 (4.0)

STEMI n = 369 (34.1)

NSTEMI n = 603 (55.7)

BBB n = 111 (10.2)

STEMI n = 298 (28.0)

NSTEMI n = 599 (56.4)

BBB n = 166 (15.6)

<0.0001

Diagnostic procedure

 Coronary angiography

622 (99.5)

606 (93.1)

48 (90.6)

361 (97.8)

534 (88.6)

94 (84.7)

272 (91.3)

443 (74.0)

119 (71.7)

0.003

Treatment strategy

         

<0.0001

 PCI

554 (88.6)

460 (70.7)

31 (58.4)

295 (79.9)

346 (57.4)

69 (62.2)

215 (72.2)

272 (45.4)

72 (43.4)

 

 CABG

49 (7.8)

84 (12.9)

9 (17.0)

46 (12.5)

118 (19.6)

17 (15.3)

33 (11.1)

76 (12.7)

15 (9.0)

 

 No invasive therapya

21 (3.4)

106 (16.3)

13 (24.5)

28 (7.6)

138 (22.9)

24 (21.6)

49 (16.4)

251 (41.9)

79 (47.6)

 

 Thrombolysis

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

0

0

1 (0.2)

1 (0.9)

1 (0.3)

0

0

 

Evidence-based medication

 Antiplatelet agents

623 (99.7)

643 (98.8)

52 (98.1)

367 (99.5)

600 (99.5)

109 (98.2)

295 (99.0)

590 (98.5)

164 (98.8)

0.24

 DAPT

587 (93.9)

543 (83.4)

44 (83.0)

329 (89.2)

459 (76.1)

82 (73.9)

253 (84.9)

404 (67.5)

117 (70.5)

<0.0001

 Beta-blockers

601 (96.2)

635 (97.5)

50 (94.3)

351 (95.1)

581 (96.4)

105 (94.6)

274 (92.0)

565 (94.3)

155 (93.4)

0.0006

 Statins

596 (95.4)

612 (94.0)

48 (90.6)

346 (93.8)

562 (93.2)

94 (84.7)

270 (90.6)

521 (87.0)

147 (88.6)

<0.0001

 ACEIs/ARBs

587 (93.9)

584 (89.7)

48 (90.6)

337 (91.3)

544 (90.2)

96 (86.5)

255 (85.6)

507 (84.6)

139 (83.7)

<0.0001

  1. Data are presented as number (percentage). P values were calculated for comparison of the age categories. Data of the total sample of each age category are not presented in this table, but used for comparison tests
  2. AMI acute myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, BBB bundle branch block, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, DAPT dual antiplatelet therapy, ACEIs/ARBs angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers
  3. a Invasive therapy was defined as PCI with stent implantation or balloon dilatation or/and CABG