Research Article
Gender Disparities in Patients’ Decisions about the Management of Myocardial Infarction in East Chinese Province
Table 2
Gender disparities in the baseline characteristics of patients with AMI.
| | | All AMI patients | NSTEMI subgroup | STEMI subgroup | | Female (n = 472) | Male (n = 614) | | Female (n = 289) | Male (n = 365) | | Female (n = 183) | Male (n = 249) | |
| | Age (y) | 69.0 ± 10.3 | 63.0 ± 12.8 | <0.001 | 69.5 ± 10.1 | 63.9 ± 12.3 | <0.001 | 68.4 ± 10.6 | 61.6 ± 13.3 | <0.001 | | Education ≥6 years, % (n) | 47.9 (226) | 55.2 (339) | 0.010 | 47.8 (138) | 56.4 (206) | 0.017 | 48.1 (88) | 53.4 (133) | 0.285 | | Rural residency, % (n) | 64.4 (304) | 63.0 (387) | 0.656 | 63.7 (184) | 63.6 (232) | 0.999 | 65.6 (120) | 62.2 (155) | 0.544 | | Living with spouse, % (n) | 78.2 (369) | 84.4 (518) | 0.006 | 77.9 (225) | 85.2 (311) | 0.010 | 78.7 (144) | 83.1 (207) | 0.263 | | Hypertension, % (n) | 71.8 (339) | 63.2 (388) | 0.002 | 73.4 (212) | 64.7 (236) | 0.011 | 69.4 (127) | 61.0 (152) | 0.084 | | Diabetes, % (n) | 42.6 (201) | 31.4 (183) | <0.001 | 40.5 (117) | 31.5 (115) | 0.011 | 45.9 (84) | 31.3 (78) | 0.001 | | Hyperlipidemia, % (n) | 83.5 (394) | 77.4 (475) | 0.007 | 83.4 (241) | 80.5 (294) | 0.360 | 83.6 (153) | 72.7 (181) | 0.005 | | Stroke, % (n) | 10.8 (51) | 12.5 (77) | 0.394 | 10.4 (30) | 12.9 (47) | 0.393 | 11.5 (21) | 12.0 (30) | 0.881 | | Peripheral vascular disease, % (n) | 16.7 (79) | 13.4 (82) | 0.122 | 15.2 (44) | 13.7 (50) | 0.654 | 19.1 (35) | 12.9 (32) | 0.081 | | Obesity, % (n) | 27.5 (130) | 23.6 (145) | 0.159 | 25.6 (74) | 23.0 (84) | 0.463 | 30.6 (56) | 24.5 (61) | 0.189 | | Smoking, % (n) | 9.5 (45) | 40.7 (250) | <0.001 | 9.0 (26) | 40.3 (147) | <0.001 | 10.4 (19) | 41.4 (103) | <0.001 | | Drinking, % (n) | 19.1 (90) | 44.1 (271) | <0.001 | 19.7 (57) | 46.3 (169) | <0.001 | 18.0 (33) | 41.0 (102) | <0.001 | | DAPT subtype | | Aspirin + ticagrelor, % (n) | 60.2 (284) | 74.8 (459) | <0.001 | 59.9 (173) | 70.7 (258) | 0.002 | 60.7 (111) | 80.7 (201) | <0.001 | | Aspirin + clopidogrel, % (n) | 39.8 (188) | 25.2 (155) | <0.001 | 40.1 (116) | 29.3 (107) | 0.002 | 39.3 (72) | 19.3 (48) | <0.001 | | LVEF | 55.1 ± 7.5 | 55.0 ± 7.5 | 0.830 | 54.6 ± 7.7 | 54.8 ± 7.7 | 0.792 | 55.8 ± 7.3 | 55.3 ± 7.2 | 0.451 |
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AMI: acute myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; DAPT: dual antiplatelet therapy; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fractions.
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