Angiographic and Clinical Impact of Successful Manual Thrombus Aspiration in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Primary PCI

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the two study groups.

Item	Group A (𝑛=50)	Group B (𝑛=50)	𝑃 value*
Age (years)	59.4±7.4	60.32±9.2	>0.05
Males	33 (66)	31 (62)	>0.05
Hypertension	32 (64)	30 (60)	>0.05
Smoking	9 (18)	12 (24)	>0.05
Dyslipidemia	18 (36)	16 (32)	>0.05
Family history of CAD	8 (16)	6 (12)	>0.05
HbA1c (%)	7.1±1.3	7.2±1.6	>0.05
Serum creatinine (mg%)	1.1±0.3	1.0±0.4	>0.05
Door to balloon time (minutes)	73.7±39.2	77.7±36.4	>0.05
Killip class ≥3	4 (8)	6 (12)	>0.05

CAD: coronary artery disease.
Age, HbA1c, serum creatinine, and door to balloon time are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Other variables are presented as number (percentage).
^∗𝑡-test and Pearson’s Chi-square test.