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Table 1 Patient and procedural chracteristics

From: Gender based differences in drug eluting stent implantation - data from the German ALKK registry suggest underuse of DES in elderly women

Variable

Women

Men

P-value

OR (95%-CI)

Number of procedures

22946

59358

  

Patient history:

Age [years]

71.9 (64.8 – 78.3)

66.7 (57.4 – 73.5)

<0.001

 

 Diabetes mellitus

26.5% (5868/22154)

20.2% (11537/57209)

<0.001

1.43 (1.38–1.48)

 Previous CABG

8.2% (1885/22880)

13.0% (7721/59200)

<0.001

0.60 (0.57–0.63)

 Previous PCI

28.2% (6419/22747)

34.7% (20432/58861)

<0.001

0.74 (0.72–0.76)

 Renal disease

13.6% (2977/21943)

13.3% (7510/56639)

0.255

1.03 (0.98–1.07)

Presentation:

 STEMI

18.2% (4182/22946)

19.3% (11478/59358)

<0.001

0.95 (0.91–0.99)

 NSTE-ACS

29.3% (6721/22946)

27.6% (16370/59358)

1.07 (1.04–1.11)

 Stable CAD

52.5% (12043/22946)

53.1% (31510/59358)

1a

 Cardiogenic shock

1.7% (388/22945)

1.5% (894/59355)

0.055

1.12 (0.99–1.27)

 Symptoms of HF

5.6% (1296/22945)

5.0% (2952/59355)

<0.001

1.14 (1.07–1.22)

 Center volume stents/year

1150 ± 613

1156 ± 623

0.364

 

Target lesions:

 RCA

35.0% (8039/22946)

34.5% (20508/59358)

0.190

1.02 (0.99–1.05)

 LAD

45.9% (10526/22946)

41.0% (24358/59358)

<0.001

1.22 (1.18–1.26)

 CX

23.6% (5412/22946)

26.9% (15972/59358)

<0.001

0.84 (0.81–0.87)

 Left main stem

2.2% (504/22946)

2.6% (1538/59358)

0.001

0.84 (0.76–0.93)

 Bypass graft

1.8% (416/22946)

3.5% (2107/593258)

<0.001

0.50 (0.45–0.56)

 Implanted stents per PCI

1.40 ± 0.75

1.42 ± 0.76

<0.001

 

 In-stent restenosis

6.5% (1499/22914)

7.3% (4300/59293)

<0.001

0.90 (0.84–0.95)

 Complex stenosis (≥ B2)

66.6% (15032/22579)

68.3% (39860/58402)

<0.001

0.93 (0.90–0.96)

  1. (CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CAD coronary artery disease, RCA right coronary artery, LAD left anterior descending artery, CX left circumflex artery, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, HF heart failure)
  2. aReference category