Statin Eligibility according to 2013 ACC/AHA and USPSTF Guidelines among Jordanian Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Impact of Gender
Table 1
The association between demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population and gender.
Total n =774
Men n =654
Women n =120
value
Age (years),
55.0 (11.3)
54.3 (11.2)
58.58 (11.2)
<0.001
Caucasian
772 (99.7)
652 (84.4)
120 (15.5)
0.544
CVD risk factor
Diabetes
292 (37.7)
224 (34.2)
68 (56.6)
<0.001
Hypertension
316 (40.8)
244 (37.3)
72 (60.0)
<0.001
Hypercholesterolemia
189 (24.4)
143 (21.8)
46 (38.3)
<0.001
Smoking
474 (61.2)
446 (68.2)
28 (23.3)
<0.001
Had ≥1 CVD risk factor
688 (88.9)
586 (89.6)
102 (85.0)
0.143
Family history of CVDs
320 (41.3)
269 (41.1)
51 (42.5)
0.780
BMI (kg/m2),
28.3 (4.7)
28.1 (4.4)
29.7 (5.7)
<0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg),
129.0 (21.0)
128.0 (20.3)
134.9 (23.3)
<0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg),
77.5 (11.8)
77.1 (11.6)
79.7 (12.8)
0.030
TC (mg/dL),
187.5 (52.1)
186.0 (50.1)
196.1 (61.1)
0.049
LDL-C (mg/dL),
125.7 (46.0)
124.7 (44.1)
131.2 (54.7)
0.155
HDL-C (mg/dL),
37.3 (10.8)
36.4 (9.7)
42.3 (14.5)
<0.001
TG (mg/dL), median (IQR)
156 (110-222)
155 (108-221)
159 (115-235)
0.365
Type of AMI
STEMI
548 (70.8)
467 (71.4)
81 (67.5)
0.387
NSTEMI
226 (29.2)
187 (28.5)
39 (32.5)
0.387
Intervention
Cath
752 (97.1)
636 (97.2)
116 (96.6)
0.725
PCI
720 (93.0)
614 (93.8)
106 (88.3)
0.028
CABG
7 (0.9)
4 (0.6)
3 (2.5)
0.045
Statin given after AMI
746 (96.3)
629 (96.1)
117 (97.5)
0.476
Results are presented as frequency (%), unless otherwise indicated. Except for TG, all continuous variables were normally distributed. The differences between genders were assessed using the Student -tests for means and chi-square tests for percentages. Mann–Whitney test. CVD: cardiovascular disease; BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; AMI: acute myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft.
