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Table 1 Baseline characteristics comparisons

From: Sex-differences in the management and clinical outcome among patients with acute coronary syndrome

Variables

Men (n = 422)

Women (n = 264)

P-value

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

  1. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; Hs-cTnT, high sensitivity cardiac troponin-T; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide; ED, emergency department; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate
  2. *Presented as median (interquartile range)