Table 2 Baseline characteristics of subset patient’s population.

From: Combination of Platelet expression of PKCepsilon and cardiac troponin-I for early diagnosis of chest pain patients in the emergency department

 

CP-noAMI

CP-AMI

Statistical analysis

No of cases, n (%)

45 (84.9)

8 (15.1)

 

GENDER

Male, n (%)

24 (53.3)

5 (62.5)

n.s (Chi Square)

Female, n (%)

21 (46.7)

3 (37.5)

AGE, median (range)

72 (29–83)

74 (53–86)

n.s (Mann-Whitney/Wilcoxon)

RDW, mean ± sd

14 ± 1

13 ± 1

n.s (Student t test)

MPV, mean ± sd

9 ± 2

8 ± 2

n.s (Student t test)

GLYCEMIA, mean ± sd

118 ± 37

144 ± 62

n.s (Mann-Whitney/Wilcoxon)

Time of symptom onset, mean ± sd

25 ± 41

23 ± 31

n.s (Student t test)

Pharmacological treatment

Pts on anti-PLT drugs, n (%)

12 (31.6)

3 (42.8)

n.s (Chi Square)

Pts not on anti-PLT drugs, n (%)

26 (68.4)

4 (57.2)

  1. n: number; Pts: patients; RDW: Red Cell Distribution Width; MPV: mean platelet volume; sd: standard deviation; n.s: no statistical significance.
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