Polyvascular Disease in Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Its Predictors and Outcomes

Table 1

Risk factors and clinical and laboratory findings in patients with acute coronary syndrome with and without polyvascular disease.

	ACS alone (𝑛=7261)	Polyvascular disease (𝑛=428)	P value
Age	56±12	62±12	0.001
Female	20	31	0.001
Diabetes mellitus	38	67	0.001
Hypertension	45.3	78	0.001
Dyslipidemia	36	55	0.001
Smoking	54	45	0.001
Renal failure	3	14	0.001
Prior coronary artery disease	39	64	0.001
Prior revascularization	11	25	0.001
Khat chewing	19	20	0.92
Clinical presentation
Atypical presentation ACS	15	28	0.001
Heart rate	84±20	90±22	0.001
Systolic blood pressure	135±29	140±35	0.01
Diastolic blood pressure	81±17	79±20	0.02
Unstable angina	24	24
Non-STEMI	29	45	0.001
STEMI	47	31
Killip class > 1	21	45	0.001
Low GRACE risk score	41	19	0.001
High GRACE risk score	20	43
Laboratory findings
Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L)	7.3±3	8.1±3	0.001
First hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.7±2	12.5±2	0.001
Serum creatinine (umol/L)	100±72	130±110	0.001
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	7.6±2.4	8±2.4	0.15
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.9±1.6	4.4±1.6	0.001
Serum triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.8±1.1	1.6±0.8	0.001
Low-density lipoprotein	3.2±1.3	2.8±1.2	0.001
High-density lipoprotein	1.05±0.5	0.99±0.4	0.01
Peak troponin T	1.4±0.7	1.3±0.6	0.02
LV ejection fraction <50%	73	85	0.001
1-vessel CAD	29	48	0.001
2-vessel CAD	25	18	0.12
3-vessel CAD	30	17	0.004

All categorical and continuous variables are given in percent and mean ± SD, respectively.