Gender Disparities in Patients’ Decisions about the Management of Myocardial Infarction in East Chinese Province

Table 4

Gender disparities about patients’ decision and MACE in NSTEMI subgroup.

	Female (n = 289)	Male (n = 365)
Time from
Chest pain to visiting hospital (h)	8.8 ± 8.1	6.6 ± 50	0.001
Diagnosis to consent to CAG (min)	75.6 ± 211.7	36.8 ± 87.2	0.005
Door-to-needle (h)	7.8 ± 7.5	6.5 ± 6.0	0.031
CAG, % (n)	73.4 (212)	81.1 (296)	0.012
PCI/CABG, % (n)	58.1 (168)	72.1 (263)	<0.001
Degree of adherence to
DAPT	2.8 ± 1.2	3.1 ± 1.1	0.001
Statins	2.7 ± 1.3	3.1 ± 1.2	<0.001
Regular use of TCM, % (n)	47.1 (136)	36.2 (132)	0.003
MACE, % (n)	14.2 (41)	9.3 (34)	0.063

CAG: coronary angiography; MACE: major adverse cardiac event; NSTEMI: non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; DAPT: dual antiplatelet therapy; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.