Table 3 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients with versus without events during follow-up

Patient characteristics

Event

(n = 61)

No event

(n = 362)

p-value

 Age (years)

67 ± 15

63 ± 13

0.047

 Current smokers

25 (%)

168 (46%)

0.295

 Hypertension

44 (72.1%)

186 (51.4%)

0.016

 Dyslipidemia

32 (52.5%)

170 (47%)

0.356

 Diabetes mellitus

16 (26.2%)

72 (19.9%)

0.273

 Family history*

6 (9.8%)

31 (8.6%)

0.946

 Chronic kidney disease

3 (4.9%)

11 (3%)

0.448

 Anemia

10 (16.4%)

23 (6.4%)

0.018

AMI data^a

Event

(n = 61)

No event

(n = 362)

p-value

 Infarct location

0.08

 Anterior

29 (47.5%)

116 (32%)

 Inferior

28 (45.9%)

196 (54%)

 Killip class

<0.001

  I

37 (60.6%)

300 (82.9%)

  II

9 (14.8%)

30 (8.3%)

  III

9 (14.8%)

13 (3.6%)

  IV

6 (9.8%)

19 (5.2%)

 LVEF^a

46.3 ± 12.6

53.1 ± 11.3

<0.001