Clinical Study

Effect of Acarbose on Long-Term Prognosis in Acute Coronary Syndromes Patients with Newly Diagnosed Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study patients and frequencies of medication usage before admission.

Control group
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Acarbose group
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value

Basic characteristic
Age, year61.62 ± 4.5862.24 ± 5.160.461
Male, (%)42 (61.76)39 (58.21)0.673
Smoking, (%)31 (45.59)28 (41.79)0.657
AMI, (%)43 (63.24)46 (68.66)0.506
Hypertension, (%)46 (67.65)45 (67.16)0.637
LVEF, %52.13 ± 4.8151.74 ± 5.250.653
Revascularization (PCI/CABG), (%)38 (55.88)41 (61.19)0.531
BMI, kg/m225.82 ± 2.4526.05 ± 3.240.427
Medications
-blocker, (%)16 (23.53)13 (19.40)0.559
ACE-I/ARB, (%)47 (69.12)45 (67.16)0.808
CCB, (%)18 (26.47)20 (29.85)0.662
Statin, (%)63 (92.65)61 (91.04)0.734
Aspirin, (%)64 (94.12)62 (92.54)0.713

AMI: acute myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; BMI: body mass index; ACE-I: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB: angiotensin II receptor blocker; CCB: calcium channel blocker.