Research Article

Mediterranean Diet Mediates the Adverse Effect of Depressive Symptomatology on Short-Term Outcome in Elderly Survivors from an Acute Coronary Event

Table 2

Clinical, biochemical, and lifestyle characteristics of ACS elderly patients ( š‘› = 2 7 7 ), according to the development of 30-day CVD events and their dietary habits.

MedDietScore (0ā€“55)

Lowest tertile (<16)Middle tertile (16ā€“19)Upper tertile (>19)
30-day CVD event30-day CVD event30 day event
YesNo š‘ƒ YesNo š‘ƒ YesNo š‘ƒ

š‘ , %31788752263
Age (yrs) 7 7 Ā± 6 7 6 Ā± 6 .731 7 6 Ā± 6 7 5 Ā± 6 .707 7 5 Ā± 6 7 5 Ā± 5 .767
Gender (%male)5759.9183538.5.63234.546.003

Hospital admission variables

MI (%)9574.0015061.7456074.458
First CVD event (%)4350.6645039.7454056.425
Ejection Fraction (%)34.535.82257.53.6 5 6 . 6 Ā± 2 3 .859 6 5 Ā± 2 5 6 3 Ā± 1 9 .817
Revascularization (%)4223.2292518.8075052.925
Creatinine Clearance (mL) 4 1 . 3 7 Ā± 2 4 . 9 4 5 8 . 3 6 Ā± 2 4 . 7 4 .0445076.4448081.924
Troponin I (ng ā‹… mL) 6 . 7 1 Ā± 9 . 7 7 1 0 . 5 7 Ā± 2 1 . 6 .415 9 . 5 Ā± 1 3 6 . 6 7 Ā± 1 7 .751 1 2 . 4 Ā± 2 7 9 . 9 Ā± 2 8 .819
BNP (pg/mL) 1 0 8 9 Ā± 1 0 4 3 6 4 2 Ā± 7 1 4 .241 1 4 6 0 Ā± 1 0 4 5 6 2 9 Ā± 8 7 0 .453 7 4 4 Ā± 4 4 0 3 7 5 Ā± 4 9 0 .09

Medical history variables

CES- scale (0ā€“60) 2 1 Ā± 2 4 1 9 Ā± 9 .947 3 4 Ā± 1 9 2 5 Ā± 1 5 .924 4 1 Ā± 2 0 3 1 Ā± 1 3 .467
BMI (kg/m2) 2 5 . 4 Ā± 3 . 2 2 7 . 5 Ā± 3 . 7 .057 3 3 Ā± 7 . 5 2 6 . 9 Ā± 4 .295 2 7 Ā± 4 2 8 . 5 Ā± 9 .487
Physical active (%)3647.4826761.8757070.984
Smoking current (%)1432.1646733.4243030.984
Hypercholesterolaemia (%)5753.8086755.7558065.384
Hypertension (%)6462.23810069.0017070.984
Diabetes mellitus (%)4353.5416748.6456033.176