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Original Article
Volume 1, Number 5, December 2009, pages 262-266
In-hospital Mortality Characteristics of Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Tables
| Total Females | Females Survived | Females Died | P Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 109) | (n = 96) | (n = 13) | ||||||
| t-test analyzed differences between continuous variables; chi-square analyzed differences between categorical variables. | ||||||||
| Age | Mean = 73 | Mean = 72 | Mean = 79 | 0.037 | ||||
| (SD = 14.54) | (SD = 14.86) | (SD = 10.27) | ||||||
| Ethnicity | n | % | n | % | n | % | < 0.0001 | |
| Caucasian | 70 | 64 | 62 | 66 | 8 | 62 | ||
| African American | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Hispanic | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Asian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Other | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leading Presenting Symptoms | n | % | n | % | n | % | 0.021 | |
| Chest pain | 54 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 3 | 23 | ||
| Shortness of breath | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Syncope | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 31 | ||
| Risk Factors | n | % | n | % | n | % | < 0.0001 | |
| Family history heart disease | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patient history heart disease | 93 | 85 | 82 | 85 | 11 | 85 | ||
| Diabetes | 30 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Hypercholesterolemia | 51 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 4 | 31 | ||
| Hypertension | 99 | 91 | 88 | 92 | 11 | 85 | ||
| Smoking history | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mortality | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| Females Survived | Females Died | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 96) | (n = 13) | ||||
| MI: myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST elevation MI; NSTEMI: Non-ST elevation MI. | |||||
| MI Type | n | % | n | % | < 0.0001 |
| STEMI | 90 | 94 | 6 | 46 | |
| NSTEMI | 6 | 6 | 7 | 54 | |