Table 1 Patient characteristics by troponin category at the event level (patients with more than one myocardial infarction can be included more than once)
All | TnI (0.04–0.4] n = 3,833 % (N) | TnI (0.4–4] n = 6,326 % (N) | TnI (4–40] n = 5,485 % (N) | TnI (40–400] n = 2,382 % (N) | TnI 400 + n = 168 % (N) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female gender | 38.6% (7,020) | 42.4% (1,625) | 45.1% (2,853) | 34.6% (1,899) | 25.6% (609) | 20.2% (34) |
Race | ||||||
White or Caucasian | 75.9% (13,818) | 73.3% (2,809) | 77.3% (4,889) | 77.0% (4,224) | 74.5% (1,774) | 72.6% (122) |
Black or African American | 8.6% (1,571) | 11.7% (449) | 8.8% (558) | 7.3% (402) | 6.3% (151) | 6.5% (11) |
Other or multiple races | 13.1% (2,379) | 13.2% (505) | 12.0% (757) | 12.9% (710) | 15.9% (379) | 16.7% (28) |
Unknown | 2.3% (426) | 1.8% (70) | 1.9% (122) | 2.7% (149) | 3.3% (78) | 4.2% (7) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Non-Hispanic | 87.0% (15,833) | 87.2% (3,344) | 88.3% (5,587) | 86.3% (4,732) | 85.5% (2,037) | 79.2% (133) |
Hispanic | 10.5% (1,911) | 10.7% (409) | 9.7% (615) | 10.8% (593) | 11.3% (268) | 15.5% (26) |
Unknown | 2.5% (450) | 2.1% (80) | 2.0% (124) | 2.9% (160) | 3.2% (77) | 5.4% (9) |
Age | ||||||
< 50 | 12.5% (2,282) | 11.7% (448) | 11.1% (701) | 13.6% (748) | 15.1% (359) | 15.5% (26) |
50–64 | 32.3% (5,871) | 30.2% (1,156) | 29.8% (1,883) | 33.8% (1,853) | 38.1% (908) | 42.3% (71) |
65–79 | 36.9% (6,713) | 36.0% (1,381) | 38.6% (2,441) | 36.7% (2,013) | 34.4% (819) | 35.1% (59) |
80 + | 18.3% (3,328) | 22.1% (848) | 20.6% (1,301) | 15.9% (871) | 12.4% (296) | 7.1% (12) |
Diabetes | 1.9% (345) | 1.7% (66) | 2.2% (140) | 1.8% (99) | 1.6% (37) | 1.8% (3) |
Hypertension | 3.8% (700) | 3.8% (146) | 4.1% (260) | 4.0% (222) | 2.9% (68) | 2.4% (4) |
Cigarettes | 29.2% (5,312) | 32.3% (1,238) | 30.3% (1,918) | 26.8% (1,471) | 26.8% (639) | 27.4% (46) |
Highest creatinine > 1.5 | 29.7% (5,400) | 30.6% (1,173) | 30.3% (1,914) | 29.6% (1,624) | 25.5% (608) | 48.2% (81) |