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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Combined value of left ventricular ejection fraction and the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score for predicting mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome who were undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Variable

Survivors (n = 663)

Non-survivors (n = 183)

P-value

Age (year)

62 ± 12

67 ± 12

<  0.001

Female n (%)

158 (24)

59 (32)

0.021

History of HF n (%)

11 (2)

15 (8)

< 0.001

Hypertension n (%)

301 (45)

107 (59)

0.002

Diabetes mellitus n (%)

117 (27)

77 (42)

< 0.001

Hyperlipidemia n (%)

94 (14)

31 (17)

0.351

Current smoking n (%)

210 (32)

41 (22)

0.015

Previous CAD n (%)

183 (28)

66 (26)

0.026

Prior stroke/TIA n (%)

21 (3)

19 (10)

< 0.001

Type of ACS n (%)

 STEMI

419 (63)

105 (57)

0.151

 NSTEMI

179 (27)

62 (34)

0.102

 UA

56 (8)

13 (7)

0.557

Major bleeding n (%)

14 (2)

9 (5)

0.039

Killip class ≥2 n (%)

33 (5)

48 (26)

< 0.001

Medication at discharge

 Beta-blocker n (%)

580 (88)

136 (74)

< 0.001

 Statin n (%)

539 (81)

143 (78)

0.339

 ACE-I/ARB n (%)

555 (84)

126 (99)

< 0.001

Outcomes

 In-hospital death n (%)

0 (0)

30 (16)

< 0.001

 Stroke n (%)

14 (2)

9 (5)

0.039

 HF admission n (%)

24 (4)

25 (14)

< 0.001

 Myocardial reinfarction n (%)

62 (9)

17 (9)

0.980

 TVR n (%)

78 (12)

11 (6)

0.025

 Cardiac death n (%)

0 (0)

59 (32)

< 0.001

  1. HF heart failure, CAD coronary artery disease, TIA transient ischemic attack, ACE-I angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, ACS acute coronary syndrome, UA unstable angina, NSTEMI non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, TVR target vessel revascularization