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Table 2 Comparison of therapeutic and angiographic characteristics of study participants

From: ACEF performed better than other risk scores in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome during long term follow-up

Variables

MACE

Total (n = 276)

p value

No (n = 212)

Yes (n = 64)

Treatments

   

0.071

 Conservative

43 (20.3)

20 (31.3)

63 (22.8)

 

 PCI

83 (39.2)

27 (42.2)

110 (39.9)

 

 CABG

86 (40.6)

17 (26.6)

103 (37.3)

 

Coronary angiogram

 Left main disease

27 (12.7)

5 (7.8)

32 (11.6)

0.281

 Single-vessel disease

82 (38.7)

23 (35.9)

105 (38.0)

0.692

 Two-vessel disease

39 (18.4)

17 (26.6)

56 (20.3)

0.155

 Three-vessel disease

79 (37.3)

20 (31.3)

99 (35.9)

0.177

Discharge therapy

    

 Beta blockers

158 (74.5)

42 (65.6)

200 (72.5)

0.162

 ACE-I/ARB

132 (62.)

44 (68.8)

176 (63.8)

0.344

 ASA

199 (93.9)

60 (93.8)

259 (93.8)

0.973

 P2Y12 inhibitors

182 (85.8)

50 (78.1)

232 (84.1)

0.139

 Statins

196 (92.5)

56 (87.5)

252 (91.3)

0.218

Risk scores

    

 GRACE 2.0

99.0 (80.3–116.0)

107.5 (88.5–127.3)

100.0 (82.0–120.0)

0.072*

 ACEF

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

1.3 (0.9–1.4)

1.2 (0.9–1.3)

0.002

 SYNTAX

14.0 (8.0–23.4)

13.3 (7.0–26.0)

14.0 (8.0–24.0)

0.869

 Clinical SYNTAX

14.8 (8.6–26.9)

15.1 (8.4–31.0)

14.9 (8.6–27.7)

0.462

 SYNTAX II PCI

25.5 (20.4–33.7)

29.8 (24.1–38.5)

26.8 (20.8–34.8)

0.001*

 SYNTAX II CABG

24.9 (17.2–32.0)

27.0 (18.7–36.4)

25.5 (18.1–33.6)

0.038*

  1. Data are expressed as number (percent) or median (interquartile range)
  2. ACE-I—angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; ACEF—Age, Creatinine and Ejection Fraction risk score; ARB—angiotensin receptor blockers; ASA—acetylsalicylic acid; CABG—coronary artery bypass grafting; GRACE—Global Registry of Acute coronary events risk score; MACE—major adverse cardiovascular events; PCI—percutaneous coronary intervention; SYNTAX—The Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery risk score
  3. *Student’s T test; Chi-square test; Mann–Whitney U test