Research Article
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 () | Polyvascular disease () | P value |
| Age | | | 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 | | | 0.001 | Systolic blood pressure | | | 0.01 | Diastolic blood pressure | | | 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) | | | 0.001 | First hemoglobin (g/dL) | | | 0.001 | Serum creatinine (umol/L) | | | 0.001 | Hemoglobin A1c (%) | | | 0.15 | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | | | 0.001 | Serum triglyceride (mmol/L) | | | 0.001 | Low-density lipoprotein | | | 0.001 | High-density lipoprotein | | | 0.01 | Peak troponin T | | | 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 |
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All categorical and continuous variables are given in percent and mean Ā± SD, respectively.
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