Mortality Trends in Patients Hospitalized with the Initial Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Middle Eastern Country over 20 Years

Table 3

Multivariate regression analysis for predictors of in-hospital mortality.

Variables	Adjusted OR	95% CI	𝑃-value
Patients characteristics
≤50 yrs	1	—	—
51–70 yrs	1.52	1.22–1.82	0.001
Age > 70 yrs	3.60	2.72–4.56	0.001
Female gender	1.70	1.42–2.16	0.001
Diabetes mellitus	1.78	1.51–2.15	0.001
Hypertension	0.92	0.80–1.15	0.38
Current smoking	0.83	0.63–0.96	0.08
Obesity	0.85	0.57–1.46	0.60
Medication during admission; (1st 24 hrs therapy)
β-blockers	0.28	0.23–0.34	0.001
Antiplatelet drugs	0.20	0.16–0.26	0.001
ACE/ARBs	0.37	0.30–0.48	0.001
Heparin	1.43	1.12–1.65	0.001
Thrombolytic	0.83	0.70–1.02	0.06
Revascularization procedures
PCI	0.66	0.47–0.98	0.03
CABG	0.45	0.25–0.90	0.02

Adjusted OR: adjusted odd ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.