Research Article

Prognostic Utility of Vitamin D in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Coastal Norway

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the total population arranged according to the quartiles of 25(OH)D.

Characteristics (%)Quartiles of 25(OH)D value
Q1Q2Q3Q4

25(OH)D (nmol/L)30.5 ± 5.945.2 ± 3.456.7 ± 3.678.6 ± 13.2<0.001
25(OH)D (ng/mL)12.2 ± 2.418.1 ± 1.422.7 ± 1.431.4 ± 5.3<0.001
Age, years68.9 ± 16.169.4 ± 15.670.7 ± 13.269.3 ± 12.40.591
Male, (%)120 (55.8)138 (64.2)127 (58.8)140 (65.1)0.150
Smoking status, (%)0.110
 Current smoker, (%)71 (33.0)58 (27.0)46 (21.3)52 (24.2)
 Past smoker, (%)65 (30.2)78 (36.3)83 (38.4)87 (40.5)
 Never smoked, (%)79 (36.7)79 (36.7)87 (40.3)76 (35.3)
Angina pectoris, (%)93 (43.3)90 (41.9)100 (46.3)93 (43.3)0.820
CHF, (%)
 Killip Class 2–484 (39.1)48 (22.3)52 (24.1)48 (22.3)<0.001
History of previous MI, (%)82 (38.1)69 (32.1)71 (32.9)66 (30.7)0.382
CABG, (%)22 (10.2)17 (7.9)26 (12.0)22 (10.2)0.564
PCI, (%)18 (8.4)21 (9.8)25 (11.6)23 (10.7)0.721
Hypertension, (%)87 (40.5)86 (40.0)96 (44.4)93 (43.3)0.746
History of DM 1, (%)2 (0.9)2 (0.9)0 (0.0)4 (1.9)0.256
History of DM 2, (%)38 (17.7)24 (11.2)34 (15.7)15 (7.0)0.004
STEMI, (%)30 (14.0)35 (16.3)31 (14.4)32 (14.9)0.913
TnT release, (%)117 (54.4)115 (53.5)120 (55.6)115 (53.5)0.969
eGFR (μmol L−1)63.5 ± 22.161.7 ± 20.862.9 ± 20.263.0 ± 20.30.834
Cholesterol/Statin, (%)104 (48.4)105 (48.8)109 (50.5)107 (49.8)0.973
Beta-blocker, (%)81 (37.7)78 (36.3)77 (35.6)73 (34.0)0.881
Known CHD, (%)140 (65.1)132 (61.4)142 (65.7)129 (60.0)0.537
BMI (kg/m2)25.7 ± 4.426.3 ± 4.725.7 ± 4.225.0 ± 3.70.024
BNP quartiles0.222
 Q147 (22.8)52 (24.8)44 (21.4)64 (31.7)
 Q250 (24.3)50 (23.8)60 (29.1)44 (21.8)
 Q348 (23.3)53 (25.2)54 (26.2)53 (26.2)
 Q461 (29.6)55 (26.2)48 (23.3)41 (20.3)
hsCRP quartiles0.910
 Q151 (23.7)52 (24.2)53 (24.5)61 (28.4)
 Q249 (22.8)50 (23.3)56 (25.9)57 (26.5)
 Q357 (26.5)57 (26.5)53 (24.5)50 (23.3)
 Q458 (27.0)56 (26.0)54 (25.0)47 (21.9)

Mean ± SD.
SD, standard deviation; 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; CHF, congestive heart failure; MI, myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; DM, diabetes mellitus; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; TnT, troponin T; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; CHD, coronary heart disease; BMI, body mass index; BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide; hsCRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein.