Epicardial Coronary Arteries in Khat Chewers Presenting with Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Demographic, clinical presentation, and coronary morphology in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

	DM and khat	Khat and non-DM	DM and non-khat	𝑃 value*
Number (%)	55 (16%)	219 (63%)	73 (21%)
Age (mean ± SD)	54±10	52±10	57±9	0.001
Females %	13	12	30	0.001
Myocardial infarction %	86	80	77	0.46
Hypertension %	46	33	49	0.02
Current tobacco users %	49	48	26	0.001
Received thrombolytics %	15	12	19	0.38
Coronary angiographic findings
Left main disease %	5.5	2.7	1.4	0.34
LAD 70%–95%	26	14	32	0.005
Total LAD occlusion %	15	11	12	0.005
1st diagonal (D1) > 70%	3.6	8.2	9.6	0.90
D2 > 70%	5.5	2.7	2.7	0.72
1st obtuse marginal (OM) > 70%	12.7	1.4	2.7	0.008
OM2 > 70%	7.3	4.1	6.8	0.49
LCx 70%–95%	26	9	15	0.02
LCx total occlusion %	0	2.7	4.1	0.02
RCA 70%–95%	12.7	12	26	0.006
RCA total occlusion %	5.5	6.8	8.2	0.006
PAD > 70%	1.8	2.3	2.7	0.71
Normal coronary %	29	44	19	0.001
1-vessel disease %	31	24	21
2-vessel disease %	22	13	33
3-vessel disease %	7	5	11
Nonsignificant lesions %	40	58	36	0.001
Location of myocardial infarction (MI) %
Anterior MI %	73	63	72	0.64
Lateral MI %	4.5	13	7.5
Inferior MI %	11.4	16.3	13.2

 *𝑃 value comparing the 3 groups.