Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 601 STEMI patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh (August 2017–October 2018)
Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
 Mean age (SD) | 51.6 (± 10.3) |
 < 40 | 75 (12.5) |
 40–64 | 450 (74.9) |
 ≥ 65 | 76 (12.7) |
Sex | |
 Male | 559 (93.0) |
Location of residence | |
 Rural | 275 (45.8) |
 Urban | 326 (54.2) |
Education, years of school attendance | |
 None | 154 (25.6) |
 1–5 | 249 (41.4) |
 6–10 | 60 (10.0) |
 11–12 | 57 (9.5) |
 ≥ 13 | 81 (13.5) |
Wealth Index [29] | |
 Poorest | 139 (23.1) |
 Poorer | 107 (17.8) |
 Middle | 122 (20.3) |
 Wealthier | 163 (27.1) |
 Wealthiest | 70 (11.7) |
Medical history | |
 Hypertension | 230 (38.3) |
 Diabetes mellitus | 148 (24.6) |
 Dyslipidemia | 60 (10.0) |
 Family history of CVD | 389 (64.7) |
 Body Mass Index > 25 | 212 (37.3) |
 Currently smoking | 410 (68.2) |
 Smokeless tobacco use | 56 (12.2) |
 Alcohol consumption | 12 (2.0) |
 Previous MI | 54 (9.0) |
 Previous heart failure | 11 (1.8) |
 Previous revascularization | 8 (1.3) |
Discharge medications | |
 ASA + P2Y12 inhibitor combination | 573 (95.3) |
 Statins | 540 (89.9) |
 Nitrates | 371 (61.7) |
 ACE inhibitors | 305 (50.7) |
 β-blockers | 266 (44.3) |
 Anti-diabetic agents | 75 (12.5) |