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Table 1 The statistics of characters between the elderly group and younger group

From: The feasibility and diagnostic accuracy by multiple cardiac biomarkers in emergency chest pain patients: a clinical analysis to compare 290 suspected acute coronary syndrome cases stratified by age and gender in Taiwan

Patient’s group

Variables

All

Patients ≥65 years

Patients <65 years

P value

Number

290

146

144

 

Age (in years)

64.49 ± 13.1

75.4 ± 6.6

53.4 ± 7.6

 

Female

109 (37.6 %)

71 (48.6 %)

38 (26.4 %)

 

Cardiovascular Event History

 Myocardial infarction

40 (13.8 %)

21 (14.4 %)

19 (13.2 %)

0.41

 Angina pectoris

87 (30 %)

44 (30.1 %)

43 (29.9 %)

0.48

 Tachycardia

4 (1.4 %)

2 (1.4 %)

2 (1.4 %)

0.49

 Cardiovascular diseases*

100 (34.5 %)

57 (39 %)

43 (29.8 %)

<0.05

 Cardiac arrhythmia

19 (6.5 %)

12 (8.2 %)

7 (4.9 %)

0.18

 Congestive heart failure*

15 (5.2 %)

13 (8.9 %)

2 (1.4 %)

<0.05

 Stroke or temporal ischemia*

20 (6.9 %)

16 (10.9 %)

4 (2.8 %)

<0.05

 Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

9 (3.1 %)

6 (4.1 %)

3 (2.1 %)

0.27

 Coronary angioplasty

54 (22.5 %)

30 (20.5 %)

24 (16.7 %)

0.35

Risk Factor

 High blood pressure*

176 (60.7 %)

103 (70.5 %)

73 (50.7 %)

<0.05

 Diabetes*

89 (30.7 %)

53 (36.3 %)

36 (25 %)

<0.05

 Lipidemia*

89 (30.7 %)

36 (24.6 %)

53 (36.8 %)

<0.05

 Family history of Cardiovascular disease*

68 (23.4 %)

23 (15.7 %)

45 (31.2 %)

<0.05

 Smoker*

64 (22.1 %)

7 (4.8 %)

57 (39.6 %)

<0.05

  1. Data: mean (standard deviation), number (percentage)
  2. *mean P < 0.05