Recent US Patterns and Predictors of Prevalent Diabetes among
Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients
Table 2
Descriptive summary table for persons with prevalent diabetes mellitus hospitalized primarily with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the United States: 1997 versus 2006.
Variable
Description
Year 1997 ()
Year 2006 ()
Sample frequency
Weighted frequency
Weighted percent
SE
Sample frequency
Weighted frequency
Weighted percent
SE
Sex
Male
15283
74592
56.9
0.4
22986
112055
56.6
0.4
Female
11517
56597
43.1
0.4
17574
85988
43.4
0.4
Race
White
17959
87457
66.7
1.7
22021
107674
54.4
2.0
Black
1923
9422
7.2
0.6
3357
16289
8.2
0.6
Other
2189
10228
7.8
0.7
5360
25731
13.0
1.0
Unknown
4729
24081
18.4
1.8
9822
48349
24.4
2.2
Hospital region
North East
6447
32397
24.7
1.5
7979
42120
21.3
1.5
Mid-West
6024
30406
23.2
1.4
8583
43651
22.0
1.4
South
10100
48833
37.2
1.6
17191
80211
40.5
1.7
West
4229
19554
14.9
0.8
6807
32061
16.2
1.0
Location and status
Rural
3951
19958
15.2
0.9
4178
21280
10.7
0.8
Urban nonteaching
13470
64299
49.0
1.6
17238
81061
40.9
1.7
Urban teaching
9379
46932
35.8
1.7
19144
95702
48.3
1.7
Admission source
Emergency
16442
80117
63.1
1.6
25478
124419
63.0
1.6
Another health facility
4909
24157
19.0
1.4
8169
39909
20.2
1.3
Routine
4513
22617
17.8
1.0
6816
33232
16.8
1.1
Comorbid condition
Hypertension
15483
75669
57.7
0.4
30846
150463
76.0
0.4
CVD
1791
8782
6.7
0.2
2626
12824
6.5
0.2
Atrial fibrillation
4238
20695
15.8
0.3
6584
32288
16.3
0.3
Valvular disease
3459
16804
12.8
0.5
5389
26307
13.3
0.4
Congestive heart failure
10808
52957
40.4
0.5
16114
78774
39.8
0.5
PVD
2177
10599
8.1
0.2
4325
21167
10.7
0.4
Dementia
410
2012
1.5
0.1
813
4013
2.0
0.1
CPD
4288
21044
16.0
0.3
8948
43698
22.1
0.4
Mild liver disease
156
732
0.6
0.0
4849
23670
12.0
0.3
Mod/severe liver disease
28
127
0.1
0.0
57
274
0.1
0.0
Renal disease
1696
8322
6.3
0.2
8526
41660
21.0
0.4
Cancer
452
2197
1.7
0.1
881
4335
2.2
0.1
Metastatic cancer
121
561
0.4
0.0
229
1132
0.6
0.0
Median
Median
Stay length
Days
4.4
3.3
Age
Years
69.6
68.1
SE: standard error; CVD: cerebrovascular disease; PVD: peripheral vascular disease; CPD: chronic pulmonary disease; Emergency: patient first admitted via emergency department. Another health facility: patient transferred from nursing home or other ancillary nonacute care health facility. Routine: scheduled nonmergent admission, typically directly from home, or outpatient program. Cancer: total number of patients with cancer (including metastatic cancers).