Table 1: Characteristics of Older and Younger Patients with ACS.
Variables | Older(n = 297) n (%) | (n=149) Younger n (%) | p | |
AGE | Mean ± SD (yr) | 71.32 ± 3.81 | 53.75 ± 8.07 | < 0.001 |
Gender | Male Female |
188 (63.3) 109 (36.7) |
83 (55.7) 66 (44.3) |
0.130 |
Risk factors | Smoking | 52 (32.5) | 103 (36.8) | 0.002 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 116 (43.8) | 67 (45) | 0.837 | |
Obesity | 164 (61.7) | 112 (73.2) | 0.019 | |
Diabetes | 47 (30.1) | 70 (28.3) | 0.741 | |
Hypertension | 107 (39.1) | 85 (54.5) | 0.002 | |
ACS type | STEMI NSTMI Unstable angina |
195 (43.7) 62 (13.9) 40 (8.9) |
43 (9.6) 84 (18.8) 22 (4.9) |
< 0.01 |