Table 1 Baseline characteristics of recurrent myocardial infarction in patients with myocardial infarction.

From: Impact of pulmonary infection and antibiotic use on recurrent myocardial infarction in patients with myocardial infarction

Variables

Whether myocardial infarction recurred

NO N = 2224

YES N = 1583

P-value

Demographics

 Male, N (%)

1566 (70.41%)

1150 (72.65%)

0.133

 Age, years

66.42 ± 12.19

65.56 ± 12.07

0.032

 BMI, kg/m2

19.71 ± 3.04

19.74 ± 3.11

0.786

Medical history, N (%)

 Auricular fibrillation

192 (8.63%)

146 (9.22%)

0.528

V alvular heart disease

419 (18.84%)

302 (19.08%)

0.854

 Previous myocardial infarction

166 (7.46%)

54 (3.41%)

< 0.001

 Hypertension

1504 (67.63%)

1029 (65.00%)

0.091

 Diabetes mellitus

771 (34.67%)

504 (31.84%)

0.068

 COPD

456 (20.50%)

337 (21.29%)

0.557

 Renal insufficiency

471 (21.18%)

364 (22.99%)

0.182

 Stroke

375 (16.86%)

260 (16.42%)

0.721

Clinical conditions at admission

 LVEF, %

53.70 ± 12.56

51.47 ± 10.76

< 0.001

 NTproBNP, pg/ml

3210.11 ± 6690.12

4110.36 ± 8008.28

< 0.001

 Troponin T, ng/mL

2.89 ± 2.86

3.17 ± 2.91

0.004

 Low-density Lipoprotein, mmol/L

2.70 ± 0.96

2.81 ± 0.93

< 0.001

Myocardial infarction classification, N (%)

  

< 0.001

  NSTEMI

1510 (67.90%)

752 (47.50%)

 

  STEMI

714 (32.10%)

831 (52.50%)

 

 Pulmonary infection, N (%)

548 (24.64%)

509 (32.15%)

< 0.001

 Killip classification, N (%)

  

0.531

  1

651 (29.27%)

470 (29.69%)

 

  2

816 (36.69%)

546 (34.49%)

 

  3

437 (19.65%)

331 (20.91%)

 

  4

320 (14.39%)

236 (14.91%)

 

Treatment, N (%)

 PCI

1700 (76.44%)

1340 (84.65%)

< 0.001

 Antiplatelet drugs

2195 (98.70%)

1571 (99.24%)

0.108

 Number of antiplatelet agents

  

< 0.001

  0

29 (1.30%)

12 (0.76%)

 

  1

82 (3.69%)

20 (1.26%)

 

  2

1628 (73.20%)

1155 (72.96%)

 

  3

444 (19.96%)

361 (22.80%)

 

  4

38 (1.71%)

34 (2.15%)

 

  5

3 (0.13%)

1 (0.06%)

 

 Statins

2193 (98.61%)

1568 (99.05%)

0.214

 β-blockers

1950 (87.68%)

1418 (89.58%)

0.071

 Novel oral anticoagulants

68 (3.06%)

49 (3.10%)

0.947

 Warfarin

18 (0.81%)

9 (0.57%)

0.383

 Antibiotics

569 (25.58%)

528 (33.35%)

< 0.001

  1. Categorical variables were presented as n (%). Values for continuous variables are given as means ± SD.
  2. BMI: Body mass index; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; NT-proBNP: N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide; NSTEMI: Non-st-segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: St-segment elevation myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention.