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Clinical characteristics of decedents according to underlying cause of death |
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| Characteristic |
Cardiac (n = 61) |
Non-cardiac (n = 56) |
Total (n = 117) |
P |
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| History of |
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| Congestive heart failure |
52% |
48% |
50% |
0.26 |
| Coronary artery bypass graft surgery |
28% |
16% |
22% |
0.12 |
| Myocardial infarction |
41% |
30% |
36% |
0.23 |
| Lipid disorder |
57% |
50% |
54% |
0.42 |
| Cerebrovascular disease |
3% |
16% |
9% |
0.018 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
28% |
41% |
34% |
0.13 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
23% |
16% |
20% |
0.35 |
| Renal disease |
15% |
18% |
16% |
0.65 |
| Tobacco use |
50% |
39% |
44% |
0.44 |
| Dementia |
20% |
29% |
24% |
0.26 |
| Medications |
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| Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor |
57% |
45% |
51% |
0.17 |
| Aspirin |
57% |
52% |
55% |
0.54 |
| Beta-blockers |
62% |
46% |
55% |
0.08 |
| Lipid lowering |
62% |
45% |
54% |
0.056 |
| Platelet inhibitors |
15% |
20% |
17% |
0.48 |
| Type of acute coronary syndrome |
0.17 |
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| Unstable angina |
7% |
4% |
5% |
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| Non ST elevation myocardial infarction |
78% |
91% |
85% |
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| ST elevation myocardial infarction |
15% |
5% |
10% |
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| In-hospital death |
26% |
30% |
28% |
0.62 |
Maynard et al. Population Health Metrics 2008 6:3 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-6-3 |
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