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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Gene expression profiles associated with acute myocardial infarction and risk of cardiovascular death

Baseline characteristics

All subjects (N = 338)

Discovery cohort (N = 175)

Replication cohort (N = 163)

AMI (N = 60)

No AMI (N = 278)

P-value

Age (years)

62 ± 11

67 ± 10

56 ± 10

65 ± 11

61 ± 11

0.014

Male gender (%)

218 (65)

112 (64)

106 (65)

47 (78)

171 (62)

0.015

Caucasian race (%)

331 (98)

170 (97)

163 (100)

58 (97)

273 (99)

0.19

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

138 ± 23

142 ± 23

133 ± 21

135 ± 23

138 ± 23

0.36

BMI (kg/m2)

30 ± 7

29 ± 6

31 ± 8

29.6 ± 6.8

30.2 ± 7.0

0.53

Serum creatinine (mg/dl)

1.3 ± 1.1

1.3 ± 1.4

1.2 ± 0.7

1.6 ± 2.2

1.2 ± 0.7

0.009

Acute MI (%)

60 (18)

37 (21)

23 (14)

-

-

-

Old MI (%)

109 (32)

61 (35)

48 (30)

13 (22)

96 (35)

0.060

Current smoking (%)

73 (22)

34 (19)

39 (24)

8 (14)

65 (24)

0.09

Diabetes (%)

120 (36)

65 (37)

55 (34)

29 (48)

91 (33)

0.024

Hypertension (%)

258 (77)

142 (81)

116 (72)

46 (77)

212 (77)

0.98

Dyslipidemia (%)

263 (78)

133 (79)

102 (77)

47 (78)

216 (78)

0.95

Chronic heart failure (%)

76 (23)

41 (24)

35 (21)

15 (25)

61 (22)

0.61

LVEF (%)

54 ± 11

54 ± 11

54 ± 11

51 ± 11

54 ± 11

0.06

HDL (mg/dl)

43 ± 15

44 ± 14

41 ± 16

38 ± 14

44 ± 15

0.014

LDL (mg/dl)

92 ± 37

91 ± 36

94 ± 38

85 ± 33

94 ± 37

0.13

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

159 ± 115

150 ± 93

170 ± 137

154 ± 107

160 ± 117

0.73

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

166 ± 45

164 ± 42

169 ± 48

153 ± 35

169 ± 47

0.02

History of CABG (%)

73 (21)

42 (24)

31 (19)

13 (22)

60 (22)

0.99

Gensini score

35 ± 54

38 ± 57

31 ± 55

48 ± 54

32 ± 54

0.046

Aspirin use (%)

83

131 (81)

131 (84)

48 (89)

214 (82)

0.2

Beta blocker use (%)

213 (67)

107 (67)

106 (67)

45 (82)

168 (64)

0.012

Clopidogrel use (%)

171 (55)

91 (56)

80 (53)

34 (64)

137 (53)

0.13

ACE-inh/ARB use (%)

192 (61)

100 (62)

92 (61)

35 (67)

157 (60)

0.35

Statin use (%)

244 (78)

129 (80)

115 (76)

44 (83)

200 (77)

0.33

>50% stenosis (in any major epicardial artery (%)

235 (70)

133 (76)

102 (64)

59 (93)

176 (64)

<0.001

  1. P-value denotes differences between those with and without AMI. Abbreviations: ACE-inh/ARB angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blockers, BMI body mass index, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, HDLhigh-density lipoprotein, LDLlow-density lipoprotein, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, MI myocardial infarction.