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Table 2 Association of Wellens syndrome with demographical variation, risk factors, ACS type and coronary angiographic findings

From: Wellens Syndrome: prevalence, risk factors and coronary angiographic variation. A cross-sectional study

Parameters

Patients fulfilling Wellens syndrome criteria (18-patients)

Statistical significance

Frequency

Percent (out of 18 patients)

Pearson ChiSquare

p-value

Gender

Male

11

61.10%

0.21

0.79

Female

7

38.90%

  

Age

20–29 years

1

5.56%

3.06

0.69

30–39 years

0

0%

40–49 years

3

16.70%

50–59 years

5

27.80%

  

60–69 years

6

33.33%

70–79 years

3

16.70%

Acute coronary syndrome type

STEMI

0

0%

16.45

0

NSTEMI

12

66.70%

Unstable angina

6

33.30%

Risk factors

Hypertension

7

38.90%

–

–

Diabetes

9

50%

0.21

0.64

Hyperlipidemia

3

16.70%

–

–

Family history of coronary artery disease

5

27.80%

Previous coronary artery disease

1

5.56%

Chronic kidney disease

1

5.56%

Smoking

3

16.70%

No risk factor

2

11.10%

Coronary angiography:

Involvement frequency of each coronary artery (displayed as isolated discrete nominal variables)

Normal coronary arteries

4

25% (out of 16 patients)

–

–

Left main coronary artery

1

6.30% (out of 16 patients)

Proximal left anterior descending artery

4

25% (out of 16 patients)

Mid left anterior descending artery

8

50% (out of 16 patients)

Diagonal artery

1

6.30% (out of 16 patients)

Left circumflex artery (at any site)

3

18.80% (out of 16 patients)

Right coronary artery (at any site)

4

25% (out of 16 patients)

Not done

2

–

Coronary angiography:

Number of vessels affected

Single vessel disease

10

62.50% (out of 16 patients)

Two vessel disease

4

25% (out of 16 patients

Three vessel disease

2

12.5% (out of 16 patients)