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Table 2 Characteristics of STEMI patients at presentation in Dhaka, Bangladesh (August 2017–October 2018)

From: In-hospital and 30-day major adverse cardiac events in patients referred for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Characteristics

MACE n = 80

Without MACE n = 521

p value

Symptoms n (%)

 Chest discomfort

78 (97.5)

505 (96.9)

0.780

 Dyspnea

41 (51.3)

181 (34.7)

0.004

 Sweating

63 (78.8)

413 (79.3)

0.915

 Nausea

43 (53.8)

245 (47.0)

0.262

 Vomiting

31 (38.8)

197 (37.8)

0.872

 Fainting

6 (7.5)

29 (5.6)

0.492

Troponin I level at admissiona

 Mean Troponin I, ng/ml (SD)

37.3 (43.4)

19.4 (33.7)

0.002

 Not elevated, n (%)

2 (2.5)

30 (5.8)

Ref

 Elevated, n (%)

27 (33.8)

138 (26.6)

0.157

 Not available, n (%)

51 (63.8)

353 (67.8)

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Location of STEMI n (%)

 Anterior

25 (31.3)

140 (26.9)

Ref

 Anteroseptal

10 (12.5)

79 (15.2)

0.383

 Inferior

36 (45.0)

247 (47.4)

0.467

 Lateral

2 (2.5)

9 (1.7)

0.775

 Other

7 (8.8)

46 (8.8)

0.718

  1. Theh bold font was used to indicate that the value is statistically significant, i.e. p < 0.005
  2. an = 197 subjects had Troponin I level assessed