Table 1 Patients clinical characteristics.

From: Effect of PCSK9 inhibitors on the quality of life in patients with acute coronary syndromes — exploratory analysis of the EMSIACS trial

 

Total (n = 500)

Evolocumab + Statin (n = 250 )

Statins (n = 250)

P value

Age (years)

61 (53,67)

60 (51,67)

62 (55,68)

0.058

Male (n, %)

410 (82.00)

198 (79.20)

212 (84.80)

0.103

BMI (kg/㎡)

25.39 (23.36,27.42)

25.71 (23.45,27.55)

25.35 (22.88,27.02)

0.228

Smoke (n, %)

245 (49.5)

121 (48.80)

124 (50.2)

0.753

Alcohol(n, %)

145 (29.30)

79 (31.90)

66 (26.70)

0.209

Medical history (n, %)

 Previous MI

46 (9.20)

23 (9.20)

23 (9.20)

1.000

 Previous PCI

53 (10.6)

28 (11.2)

25 (10.00)

0.771

 Previous CABG

11 (2.20)

8 (3.20)

3 (1.20)

0.221

 Family history of CAD

4 (0.80)

2 (0.40)

2 (0.40)

1.000

 Diabetes

107 (21.4)

58 (23.20)

49 (19.60)

0.326

 Hypertension

281 (56.20)

138 (55.20)

143 (57.20)

0.652

 Stroke

42 (8.40)

18 (7.20)

24 (9.60)

0.333

 PUD

14 (2.80)

9 (3.60)

5 (2.00)

0.874

 PAD

7 (1.40)

3 (1.20)

4 (1.60)

0.874

Type of ACS (n, %)

0.149

 STEMI

398 (79.60)

192 (76.80)

206 (82.40)

 

 NSTE-ACS

102 (20.40)

58 (23.20)

44 (17.60)

 

Number of coronary artery lesion (n, %)

0.379

 Single-vessel lesion

151 (30.60)

80 (32.50)

71 (28.70)

 

 Double-vessel lesion

148 (30.00)

67 (27.20)

81 (32.80)

 

 Three-vessel lesion

194 (39.40)

99 (40.20)

95 (38.50)

 

Coronary diseased vessels (n,%)

0.710

 LAD

242 (49.10)

127 (51.60)

115 (46.60)

 

 LCX

65 (13.20)

30 (12.20)

35 (14.20)

 

 RCA

175 (35.50)

84 (34.10)

91 (36.80)

 

 LM

11 (2.20)

5 (2.00)

6 (2.40)

 

Clinical laboratory tests and examinations

 

 WBC (x109/L)

9.39 (7.67,11.31)

9.11 (7.34,11.34)

9.69 (8.08,11.26)

0.077

 Neutrophil percentage (%)

73.35 (66.23,80.30)

72.00 (64.70,80.30)

74.70 (68.85,80.30)

0.056

 hs-CRP (mg/L)

4.15 (1.60,8.54)

4.01 (1.66,8.11)

4.45 (1.57,9.01)

0.393

 PLT (x109/L)

214.00 (179.00,254.00)

215.00 (181.00,265.50)

209.00(177.75,247.25)

0.098

 TC (mmol/L)

4.77(4.23,5.20)

4.87(4.37,5.21)

4.65(4.21,5.19)

0.206

 TG (mmol/L)

1.89(1.56,2.08)

1.63(1.23,2.12)

1.50(1.14,2.04)

0.091

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.05(1.03,1.07)

1.00(0.88,1.19)

1.05(1.02,1.08)

0.820

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.38(2.95,3.80)

3.45(3.11,3.79)

3.33(2.94,3.73)

0.263

 VLDL-C (mmol/L)

0.41(0.27,0.59)

0.43(0.29,0.62)

0.39(0.24,0.56)

0.136

 UA (umol/L)

325.00(273.00,393.00)

319.50 (277.75,388.00)

328.50 (269.00, 400.75)

0.179

 Cr (umol/L)

77.00 (66.00,88.00)

75.00 (64.75,85.25)

79.00 (69.00,89.75)

0.065

 eGFR

93.40 (81.78,105.06)

95.01 (84.33,106.57)

90.54 (78.37,103.86)

0.064

 FBG (mmol/L)

6.24 (5.46,7.72)

6.22 (5.35,8.18)

6.31 (5.45,7.62)

0.613

 Hb1Ac (%)

5.90 (5.60,6.60)

5.90 (5.55,6.63)

5.90 (5.60,6.60)

0.549

 D-dimer (ug/ml)

0.34 (0.23,0.59)

0.33 (0.23,0.57)

0.36 (0.24,0.63)

0.149

 CK (U/L)

1104.50 (366.75,2334.00)

848.00(224.00,2639.50)

1232.00(555.25,2137.50)

0.062

 CK-MB (U/L)

101.00 (42.00,203.00)

89.00 (25.50,223.00)

112.50 (56.00,183.00)

0.100

 TNT (ng/mL)

2.76 (0.74,6.48)

2.14 (0.50,6.44)

3.05 (0.93,6.50)

0.061

 BNP (pg/mL)

136.85 (54.92,334.92)

122.56 (49.70,305.43)

158.94 (64.14,366.77)

0.172

 LVEF (%)

50.50 (45.00,56.00)

51.00 (45.00,57.00)

50.00 (45.00,55.00)

0.130

Other cardiac medications (n, %)

 

 Aspirin

500 (100)

250 (100)

250 (100)

1.000

 P2Y12inhibitor

500 (100)

250 (100)

250 (100)

1.000

 ACEI/ARB

368 (73.60)

178 (71.20)

190 (76.00)

0.222

 β-Blocke

374 (74.80)

184 (73.60)

190 (76.00)

0.537

 Statins

18(3.60)

10(4.00)

8(3.20)

0.811

  1. MI myocardial infraction; PCI percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD coronary artery disease; PAD Peripheral artery disease. PUD Peptic ulcer disease; STEMI ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NSTE-ACS non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome; LAD left anterior descending artery; LCX left circumflex artery; RCA right coronary artery; LM left main coronary artery; WBC White Blood Cell; hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; PLT platelet; TC total cholesterol; TG triglyceride; HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL-C very low density lipoprotein cholesterol; UA uric acid; Cr creatinine; eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate; FBG Fasting blood glucose; Hb1Ac hemoglobin glycation; CK creatine kinase; CK-MB creatine kinase isoenzyme TNT: troponin T; BNP brain natriuretic peptide; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; ACEI/ARB angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers.