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Clinical characteristics of decedents according to underlying and secondary causes of death |
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| Characteristic |
Cardiac (n = 95) |
Non-cardiac (n = 22) |
Total (n = 117) |
P |
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| History of |
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| Congestive heart failure |
50% |
54% |
50% |
0.67 |
| Coronary artery bypass graft surgery |
24% |
14% |
22% |
0.28 |
| Myocardial infarction |
38% |
27% |
36% |
0.35 |
| Lipid disorder |
56% |
46% |
54% |
0.38 |
| Cerebrovascular disease |
10% |
9% |
9% |
0.96 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
35% |
32% |
34% |
0.80 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
22% |
9% |
20% |
0.17 |
| Renal disease |
16% |
18% |
16% |
0.78 |
| Tobacco use |
44% |
46% |
44% |
0.93 |
| Dementia |
22% |
32% |
24% |
0.34 |
| Medications |
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| Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor |
52% |
50% |
51% |
0.89 |
| Aspirin |
56% |
50% |
55% |
0.62 |
| Beta-blockers |
57% |
46% |
55% |
0.33 |
| Lipid lowering |
56% |
46% |
54% |
0.38 |
| Platelet inhibitors |
17% |
18% |
17% |
0.88 |
| Type of acute coronary syndrome |
0.27 |
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| Unstable angina |
6% |
0% |
5% |
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| Non ST elevation myocardial infarction |
82% |
96% |
85% |
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| ST elevation myocardial infarction |
12% |
4% |
10% |
|
| In-hospital death |
30% |
23% |
28% |
0.53 |
Maynard et al. Population Health Metrics 2008 6:3 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-6-3 |
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