BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Table 5 Clinical predictors of the annual cost per patient

From: Estimating the direct costs of ischemic heart disease: evidence from a teaching hospital in BRAZIL, a retrospective cohort study

	Male			Female		P*
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1556.14	1171.74		1454.52	1298.85	0.884
	≤74 years			≥ 75 years
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1508.29	1212.88		1649.38	1272.95	0.809
	Stroke			No Stroke
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1727.86	1301.13		1507.52	1199.09	0.158
	Unstable angina			No Unstable angina
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1742.73	1490.25		1433.45	1119.83	0.002
	CABS			No CABS
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1649.55	1422.75		1464.28	1156.82	0.01
	AMI			No AMI
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1578.52	1155.48		1429.29	1260.28	0.562
	Diabetes			No Diabetes
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1781.96	1500.19		1382.25	1144.14	< 0.01
	Dyslipidemia			No Dyslipidemia
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1475.45	1158.71		1580.36	1265.95	0.271
	Hypertension			No Hypertension
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1568.30	1232.89		1277.17	1183.72	0.03
	BMI ≤ 29.9			BMI ≥ 30
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1451.13	1145.89		1629.54	1498.74	0.011
	Current smoking			No Current smoking
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1398.59	1059.38		1558.75	1179.43	0.838
	Previous smoking			No Previous smoking
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1678.31	1059.38		1523.99	1177.12	0.545
	Heart failure			No Heart failure
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	2323.57	1.482.99		1475.28	1209.04	0.179
	Angioplasty			No Angioplasty
	Mean	Median		Mean	Median
Annual cost per patient	1832.63	1491.66		1195.00	976.29	< 0.01

*Mann-Whitney test

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