Table 1 Baseline characteristics.

From: Effects of temperature and humidity on acute myocardial infarction hospitalization in a super-aging society

N

AMI patients

Patients not included

P-value

n = 87,911

n = 742,588

Age, year, median (IQR)

71.0 (61.0, 80.0)

77.0 (66.0, 84.0)

 < 0.001

Age ≤ 64, n (%)

29,387 (33.4)

169,712 (22.9)

 < 0.001

Age 65–74, n (%)

24,116 (27.4)

153,860 (20.7)

Age 75–89, n (%)

30,384 (34.6)

345,328 (46.5)

Age ≥ 90, n (%)

4024 (4.6)

73,688 (9.9)

Gender, male, n (%)

24,481 (27.8)

325,402 (43.8)

 < 0.001

Height, cm, median (IQR)

160.0 (150.0, 168.0)

154.0 (142.0, 163.0)

 < 0.001

Weight, kg, median (IQR)

60.0 (49.0, 69.1)

51.0 (39.3, 61.8)

 < 0.001

Charlson score, median (IQR)

2.0 (1.0, 3.0)

1.0 (1.0, 2.0)

 < 0.001

AMI, n (%)

87,911 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 < 0.001

Angina, n (%)

2235 (2.5)

84,209 (11.3)

 < 0.001

UAP, n (%)

0 (0)

45,147 (6.1)

 < 0.001

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

141 (0.2)

26,040 (3.5)

 < 0.001

Heart failure, n (%)

2054 (2.3)

242,226 (32.6)

 < 0.001

Aortic disease, n (%)

162 (0.2)

45,914 (6.2)

 < 0.001

Cardiac arrest, n (%)

2495 (2.8)

70,581 (9.5)

 < 0.001

Pulmonary embolism, n (%)

34 (< 1)

9954 (1.3)

 < 0.001

Hospital bed count, median (IQR)

467 (341, 621)

464 (330, 631)

0.088

Average temperature 1 day before admission, °C, median (IQR)

15.0 (6.9, 22.3)

14.9 (6.9, 22.3)

0.360

Average humidity 1 day before admission, %, median (IQR)

70.5 (60.0, 80.5)

71.0 (60.3, 81.0)

 < 0.001

  1. IQR, interquartile range; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; UAP, unstable angina pectoris.