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Table 1 Baseline characteristics (n = 227)

From: Peak systolic velocity using color-coded tissue Doppler imaging, a strong and independent predictor of outcome in acute coronary syndrome patients

 

All

No death, MI or HF

Death, MI or HF

 

(n=227)

(n= 142)

(n=85)

Variables

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

p

Demographics:

       

Age (median, 25th-75th perc.)

67

(59–77)

62

(56–74)

74

(63–80)

<0,001

Men

172

(76)

111

(78)

61

(72)

0.276

Risk factors:

       

Hypertension

121

(53)

63

(44)

58

(68)

<0.001

Diabetes Mellitus

51

(22)

29

(20)

22

(26)

0.340

Current smoker (missing n=6)

43

(19)

33

(23)

10

(13)

0.049

Previous cardiovascular disease:

       

Myocardial infarction

56

(25)

31

(22)

25

(30)

0.200

Heart Failure

19

(8)

2

(1)

17

(20)

<0.001

Revascularization, PCI

33

(15)

23

(16)

10

(12)

0.359

Revascularization, CABG

10

(4)

4

(3)

6

(7)

0.132

Stroke

17

(7)

10

(7)

7

(8)

0.741

Laboratory measurements

       

NTproBNP 24 h (median, 25th-75th perc.) (n=189))

  

724

(303–1887)

2300

(1030–26040)

<0.001

eGFR (median, 25th-75th perc.) (n=220)

  

92

(72–116)

66

(40–96)

<0.001

Index Diagnosis

       

Myocardial infarction

188

(83)

119

(84)

69

(81)

0.612

  1. MI=Myocardial infarction, HF=Heart failure, eGFR=glomerular filtration rate.