Table 2 The demographic and clinical features of study patients grouped into patients with and without a post-MI cardiovascular event.

From: Incorporating the STOP-BANG questionnaire improves prediction of cardiovascular events during hospitalization after myocardial infarction

 

With an in-hospital event (n = 66)

Without in-hospital event (n = 161)

p-value

Males, n (%)

38 (57.6)

117 (72.7)

0.02*

Age (years), median (IQR)

64 (11)

60 (15)

0.003*

Hospitalization duration (days), median (IQR)

7 (3)

5 (2)

< 0.001*

Admission to PCI time (hours), median (IQR)

1 (23.5)

16 (23)

0.055

Systolic blood pressure (mmHG), median (IQR)

126 (38)

125 (21)

0.81

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHG), median (IQR)

78 (19)

80 (17)

0.53

SPO2 (%), median (IQR)

96 (2)

96 (3)

0.003*

Heart rate, median (IQR)

88 (28)

79 (17)

< 0.001*

Height (cm), median (IQR)

167 (11)

169 (8)

0.21

Weight (kg), median (IQR)

80 (19)

76 (18)

0.16

Previous cardiovascular history

MI, n (%)

25 (37.9)

43 (26.7)

0.09

PCI, n (%)

20 (30.3)

33 (20.5)

0.11

Stroke, n (%)

4 (6.1)

6 (3.7)

0.32

AF, n (%)

2 (3)

2 (1.2)

0.33

HF, n (%)

9 (13.6)

3 (1.9)

< 0.001*

Hospitalization due to HF, n (%)

1 (1.5)

2 (1.2)

0.64

Valvular disease, n (%)

3 (4.5)

9 (5.6)

0.52

Cardiovascular risk factors

Diabetes, n (%)

27 (40.9)

55 (34.2)

0.33

Hypertension, n (%)

51 (77.3)

96 (59.6)

0.01*

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

29 (37.9)

43 (26.7)

0.09

Smoking, n (%)

Non-smoker

24 (36.4)

76 (47.2)

0.32

Former smoker

14 (21.2)

29 (18)

Current smoker

28 (42.4)

56 (34.8)

RBC, median (IQR)

4.4 (0.88)

4.56 (0.64)

0.06

Hemoglobin, median (IQR)

12.7 (3)

13.5 (1.8)

0.04*

Hematocrit, median (IQR)

39.45 (7.8)

39 (5)

0.274

RDW, median (IQR)

13.7 (1.6)

13.3 (1.1)

0.04*

WBC, median (IQR)

8.8 (6)

8.6 (3.6)

0.29

Platelets, median (IQR)

207 (80)

218 (64)

0.26

Na, median (IQR)

139.5 (7.8)

141 (5)

0.66

K, median (IQR)

4.15 (0.7)

4.3 (0.6)

0.13

Creatinine, median (IQR)

1.3 (0.6)

1.1 (0.3)

< 0.001*

Glucose, median (IQR)

145 (116)

124 (78)

0.13

CRP, median (IQR)

8.75 (32.4)

7.2 (4)

0.001*

Ejection fraction, median (IQR)

35 (15)

45 (20)

< 0.001*

Culprit vessel, n (%)

LAD

30 (45.5)

55 (34.2)

0.08

LCX

2 (3)

22 (13.6)

RCA

20 (30.3)

50 (31.1)

Multi-vessel disease

14 (21.2)

34 (21.1)

TIMI-flow, n (%)

0

35 (53.8)

59 (37.1)

0.07

1

4 (6.2)

16 (10.1)

2

7 (10.8)

13 (8.2)

3

19 (29.2)

71 (44.6)

GRACE score, median (IQR)

140.25 (47.1)

116.6 (36.4)

< 0.001*

Killip classification, n (%)

I

33 (52.4)

134 (92.4)

< 0.001*

II

18 (28.6)

6 (4.1)

III

4 (6.3)

3 (2.1)

IV

8 (12.7)

2 (1.4)

STEMI, n (%)

48 (72.7)

94 (58.4)

0.04*

MI localization, n (%)

Anterior

23 (48.9)

40 (42.6)

0.72

Inferior

20 (42.6)

43 (45.7)

Others

4 (8.5)

11 (11.7)

STEMI reperfusion type, n (%)

Non-reperfused

9 (19.1)

6 (6.5)

< 0.001*

Primary PCI

25 (53.2)

45 (48.3)

Successful thrombolysis

8 (17)

42 (45.2)

Failed thrombolysis

5 (10.6)

0 (0)

STOP-BANG score, median (IQR)

 

5 (3)

3 (2)

< 0.001*

STOP-BANG risk class, n (%)

Low

12 (18.2)

45 (28)

0.30

Intermediate

4 (6.1)

9 (5.6)

High

50 (75.8)

107 (66.5)

  1. *Statistically significant.
  2. MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; SPO2, oxygen saturation; AF, atrial fibrillation; HF, heart failure; RBC, red blood cells; CRP, C-reactive protein; LAD, left anterior descending; LCX, left circumflex; RCA, right coronary artery; TIMI, Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; GRACE, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; and mmHg, millimeters of mercury.