From: Sex-differences in the management and clinical outcome among patients with acute coronary syndrome
Variables | Men (n = 422) | Women (n = 264) | P-value |
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Age (years) | 57.3 ± 12.4 | 60.9 ± 13.8 | 0.03 |
Education ≥ College, n (%) | 124 (29.4) | 62 (23.5) | 0.01 |
Health insurance, n (%) | 387 (91.7) | 226 (85.6) | 0.02 |
Duration since symptom onset to emergency department (h)* | 2.7 (0.9–5.2) | 3.6 (1.3–6.0) | 0.009 |
Emergency medical service, n (%) | 166 (39.6) | 82 (31.1) | 0.04 |
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 135 ± 14 | 137 ± 15 | 0.51 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 79 ± 17 | 77 ± 16 | 0.38 |
Heart rate (beat per minute) | 97 ± 20 | 99 ± 19 | 0.17 |
Smoking, n (%) | 228 (54.0) | 15 (5.7) | < 0.001 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 251 (59.5) | 165 (62.5) | 0.62 |
Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 157 (37.2) | 95 (36.0) | 0.93 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 124 (29.4) | 81 (30.7) | 0.86 |
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 40 (9.5) | 31 (11.7) | 0.70 |
COPD, n (%) | 69 (16.4) | 5 (1.9) | 0.006 |
Chronic kidney disease, n (%) | 78 (18.5) | 58 (22.0) | 0.09 |
Coronary heart disease, n (%) | 102 (24.2) | 43 (16.3) | 0.02 |
Ischemic stroke, n (%) | 60 (14.2) | 35 (13.3) | 0.49 |
PAD, n (%) | 52 (12.3) | 38 (14.4) | 0.18 |
Heart failure, n (%) | 29 (6.9) | 19 (7.2) | 0.74 |
Prior PCI, n (%) | 48 (11.4) | 25 (9.5) | 0.37 |
Hs-cTNT at ED (pg/mL)* | 59 (33–267) | 76 (44–304) | 0.003 |
NT-proBNP at ED (pg/mL)* | 408 (178–836) | 521 (233–962) | 0.009 |
Hs-cTNT inpatient (pg/mL)* | 86 (57–367) | 112 (83–489) | < 0.001 |
NT-proBNP inpatient (pg/mL)* | 535 (260–1129) | 734 (495–1362) | < 0.001 |
HbA1c (%) | 5.9 ± 0.6 | 6.0 ± 0.6 | 0.81 |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.0 ± 0.9 | 5.1 ± 1.0 | 0.36 |
LDL-C (mmol/L) | 3.1 ± 0.5 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 0.44 |
HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 0.70 |
Triglyceride (mmol/L)* | 1.9 (0.7–2.8) | 1.9 (0.6–2.9) | 0.15 |
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)* | 7.6 (3.5–20.4) | 12.3 (6.4–31.8) | < 0.001 |
Blood urine nitrogen (mg/dL) | 7.1 ± 2.3 | 8.0 ± 2.6 | 0.82 |
Creatinine (umol/L) | 80.4 ± 16.3 | 79.6 ± 17.9 | 0.35 |
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) | 68.3 ± 14.5 | 64.2 ± 12.7 | 0.06 |