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