Table 1 Patient demographic, physical and medical parameters at admission and during the hospital stay

Age (SD), years

65,0 (10,60)

64,48 (10,50)

66,46 (10,58)

p = 0.188

Male, n (%), patients

140 (70,7)

67 (68,4)

73 (73,0)

p = 0.474

Female, n (%), patients

58 (29,3)

31 (31,6)

27 (27,0)

p = 0.474

Conscious on admission, n (%), patients

194 (98,0)

95 (96,9)

99 (99,0)

p = 0.303

 h median [IQR], bpm

-

72.5 [61.0-85.3]

76.5 [65.3–86.0]

p = 0.189

Systolic BP median [IQR], mmHg

-

80.0[72.3–90.0]

80.0[72.0–90.0]

p = 0.825

Inferior MI, n (%), number of patients

104 (52,5)

51 (52,0)

53 (53,0)

p = 0.404

Anterior MI, n (%), number of patients

79 (39,9)

37 (37,8)

42 (42,0)

p = 0.404

Other localization MI, n (%), number of patients

15 (7,6)

10 (10,2)

5 (5,0)

p = 0.404

Culprit artery

RCA, n (%), number of patients

110 (55,6)

58 (59,2)

52 (52,0)

p = 0.625

LAD, n (%), number of patients

65 (32,8)

28 (28,6)

37 (37,0)

p = 0.625

LCX, n (%), number of patients

18 (9,1)

9 (9,2)

9 (9,0)

p = 0.625

LM, n (%), number of patients

5 (2,5)

3 (3,1)

2 (2,0)

p = 0.625

Serum potassium level, mmol/L (SD)

3.97 (0.50)

3.98 (0.44)

3.96 (0.55)

p = 0.446

Serum magnesium level, mmol/L (SD)

0.83 (0.15)

0.83 (0.15)

0.82 (0.14)

p = 0.446

AH, n (%), number of patients

179 (90,4)

91 (92,9)

88 (88,0)

p = 0.246

DM, n (%), number of patients

43 (21,7)

17 (17,3)

26 (26,0)

p = 0.140

Dyslipidaemia, n (%), number of patients

189 (95,5)

98 (100)

91 (91,0)

p = 0.002

Active smoking, n (%), number of patients

68 (34,3)

33 (33,7)

35 (35,0)

p = 0.844

History of MI, n (%), number of patients

16 (8,1)

6 (6,1)

10 (10,0)

p = 0.317

History of PCI, n (%), number of patients

31 (15,7)

6 (6,1)

25 (25,0)

p < 0.001

LVEF, % (SD), percent

40.82 (8.88)

42.21 (7.88)

39.45 (9.62)

p = 0.045

In-hospital mortality, n (%), number of patients

6 (3,0)

0 (0)

6 (6,0)

p = 0.046