Research Article
Mediterranean Diet Mediates the Adverse Effect of Depressive Symptomatology on Short-Term Outcome in Elderly Survivors from an Acute Coronary Event
Table 1
Clinical, biochemical, and lifestyle characteristics of ACS elderly patients (), according to the development of 30-day CVD events.
| | 30-day CVD event | Free of 30-day CVD event | |
| | , (%) | 61 (22) | 216 (78) | | | Age (yrs) | 76 ± 6 | 74 ± 6 | .036 | | Gender (%male) | 69 | 70 | .82 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.7 ± 5.2 | 28 ± 5 | .197 |
| | Hospital admission variables | | | |
| | MI (%) | 85 | 67 | .001 | | First CVD event (%) | 52% | 56% | .672 | | Ejection Fraction (%) | 33 | 44 | .001 | | Revascularization (%) | 33% | 27% | .347 | | Creatinine Clearance (mL) | 49.22 ± 23 | 60.2 ± 22 | .003 | | Troponin I (ngmL) | 10.22 ± 22 | 8.3 ± 2.1 | .56 | | Glucose levels (mg/dL) | 189.5 ± 118.7 | 161 ± 79.4 | .034 | | BNP (pg/mL) | 943 ± 148 | 475 ± 66 | .005 |
| | Medical history variables | | | |
| | CES- scale (0–60) | 34.20 ± 18.44 | 22.68 ± 12.5 | .007 | | Physical active (%) | 51% | 59% | .376 | | Smoking current (%) | 31% | 30% | .865 | | Hypercholesterolaemia (%) | 71% | 53% | .013 | | Hypertension (%) | 71% | 72% | .901 | | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 45% | 41% | .551 | | MedDietScore | 17.5 ± 4 | 18.1 ± 4 | .05 | | Systolic blood pressure | 125 ± 29 | 134 ± 24 | .064 |
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