Research Article

Baseline Serum Uric Acid Levels Are Associated with All-Cause Mortality in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study patients.

VariablesLow uric acid groupHigh uric acid group value

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Age (year)60.05 ± 10.7260.22 ± 12.090.744
BMI (kg/m2)23.86 ± 3.9823.86 ± 3.690.986
SBP (mmHg)102.84 ± 28.67104.28 ± 28.980.302
DBP (mmHg)77.87 ± 11.9378.38 ± 12.410.382
Heart rate (times/min)71.87 ± 11.7073.14 ± 11.680.030
Serum creatinine (μmol/l)68.81 ± 31.8683.97 ± 37.94<0.001
Total bilirubin (μmol/l)9.67 ± 7.7610.45 ± 6.270.030
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)4.25 ± 1.054.29 ± 1.090.436
Triglyceride (mmol/l)1.82 ± 1.242.20 ± 1.63<0.001
HDL (mmol/l)1.08 ± 0.321.06 ± 0.290.186
LDL (mmol/l)2.67 ± 0.932.68 ± 0.930.780
LVEF (%)60.98 ± 7.3260.57 ± 7.660.361
Sex, female (%)620 (35.84%)118 (20.85%)<0.001
History of heart failure, yes (%)202 (11.70%)73 (12.90%)0.448
History of atrial fibrillation, yes (%)37 (2.14%)10 (1.77%)0.588
History of stroke, yes (%)94 (5.43%)29 (5.12%)0.776
History of PCI, yes (%)116 (6.71%)33 (5.84%)0.469
History of hypertension, yes (%)862 (49.83%)292 (51.59%)0.348
History of diabetes, yes (%)398 (23.03%)101 (17.84%)0.009
Smoking537 (31.04%)187 (33.04%)0.531
Aspirin, yes (%)1706 (98.73%)560 (98.94%)0.689
Clopidogrel, yes (%)1658 (95.89%)541 (95.58%)0.949
Beta-blockers, yes (%)1218 (70.40%)393 (69.43%)0.662
ACEI, yes (%)939 (54.28%)325 (57.52%)0.178
Calcium channel blocker, yes (%)423 (24.45%)143 (25.27%)0.696
Statin, yes (%)1627 (94.05%)525 (92.76%)0.272

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG = cardiac artery bypass grafting; ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.