Prognostic Significance of NT-proBNP Levels in Patients over 65 Presenting Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated Invasively or Conservatively

Table 1

Description of patients receiving invasive and conservative treatment.

Number of patients	All patients; 286 pts	Invasively treated patients; 136 pts	Noninvasively treated patients; 150 pts
Diabetes	24.83%	17.6%	31.3%	0.01
Arterial hypertension	65.03%	57.3%	72%	0.025
Serious HF at admission to hospital	18.2%	15.4%	20.7%	0.25
Previously diagnosed CHD	57.7%	52.2%	63.3%	0.056
Previous MI	26.6%	24.3%	28.6%	0.7
Female/male	47.5%/52.5%	43%/57%	51%/49%
Average age	79 ± 8	77 ± 7	82 ± 8	<0.0001