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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Factors associated with bleeding events from enoxaparin used for patients with acute coronary syndrome

 

All patients

(n = 602)

Bleeding Events

p-value

Bleeding (n = 95)

Non-bleeding (n = 507)

Male sex, n (%)

381 (63.3)

56 (59.0)

325 (64.1)

0.339

Age, years (mean ± SD)

68.2 ± 12.0

70.4 ± 9.7

67.8 ± 12.4

0.025

 Age ≥ 65 years, n (%)

393 (65.3)

74 (77.9)

319 (62.9)

0.005

Weight, kg (mean ± SD)

62.9 ± 12.9

61.9 ± 11.5

63.0 ± 13.2

0.441

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

24.1 ± 4.0

23.8 ± 3.6

24.2 ± 4.1

0.340

SBP, mmHg (mean ± SD)

136.5 ± 27.2

135.7 ± 31.2

136.6 ± 26.4

0.786

 SBP ≥ 160 mmHg, n (%)

130 (21.6)

25 (26.3)

105 (20.7)

0.223

Heart rate, bpm (mean ± SD)

83.8 ± 18.6

84.6 ± 18.3

83.6 ± 19.1

0.638

CrCl, mL/min (mean ± SD)

54.6 ± 26.0

52.8 ± 23.5

55.0 ± 26.4

0.453

 CrCl < 30 mL/min, n (%)

101 (16.8)

16 (16.8)

85 (16.8)

0.985

Hemoglobin, g/dL (mean ± SD)

12.6 ± 4.3

12.2 ± 2.4

12.8 ± 4.6

0.200

Platelet, × 103 cells/µL (mean ± SD)

253.7 ± 89.0

245.5 ± 95.4

255.2 ± 87.8

0.328

WBC, × 103 cells/ µL (mean ± SD)

10.3 ± 4.2

10.2 ± 4.0

10.3 ± 4.3

0.882

Medical history, n (%)

 Hypertension

395 (65.6)

72 (75.8)

323 (63.7)

0.023

 Diabetes mellitus

286 (47.5)

47 (49.5)

239 (47.1)

0.676

 Coronary artery disease

221 (36.7)

41 (43.2)

180 (35.5)

0.155

 Cerebrovascular disease

91 (15.1)

20 (21.1)

71 (14.0)

0.078

History of bleeding in 1 year

14 (2.3)

6 (6.3)

8 (1.6)

0.014

History of oral anticoagulant used

17 (2.8)

8 (8.4)

9 (1.8)

0.002

History of NSAIDs used

19 (3.2)

7 (7.4)

12 (2.4)

0.019

Signs and symptoms at presentation, n (%)

 Anemia

299 (49.7)

50 (52.6)

249 (49.1)

0.529

 Signs of heart failure

244 (40.5)

37 (39.0)

207 (40.8)

0.732

Diagnosis of ACS, n (%)

 Unstable angina

20 (3.3)

4 (4.2)

16 (3.2)

0.539

 NSTEMI

422 (70.1)

69 (72.6)

353 (69.6)

0.557

 STEMI

160 (26.6)

22 (23.2)

138 (27.2)

0.411

In-hospital management, n (%)

 Conservative strategy

91 (15.1)

21 (22.1)

70 (13.8)

0.038

 CAG

475 (78.9)

68 (71.6)

407 (80.3)

0.057

  Femoral access

439 (92.4)

65 (95.6)

374 (91.9)

0.286

  Radial access

36 (7.6)

3 (4.4)

33 (8.1)

Ref

 PCI

297 (49.3)

47 (49.5)

250 (49.3)

0.977

 CABG

59 (9.8)

8 (8.4)

51 (10.1)

0.622

P2Y12 receptor inhibitor, n (%)

 Clopidogrel

544 (90.4)

81 (85.3)

463 (91.3)

0.066

 Prasugrel

2 (0.3)

0 (0)

2 (0.4)

1.000

 Ticagrelor

40 (6.6)

9 (9.5)

31 (6.1)

0.228

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, CrCl Creatinine clearance, WBC White blood cell, NSAIDs Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ACS Acute coronary syndrome, NSTEMI Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, CAG Coronary artery angiography, Ref Reference category, PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG Coronary artery bypass graft