Baseline characteristics for 658 110 patients with a first-time acute coronary event in Sweden from 1987 to 2010
| All | In hospital | Out of hospital | ||||
| Men | Women | p value | Men | Women | p value | |
| Number, n (%) | 3 00 942 (64.0) | 1 69 478 (36.0) | 1 22 517 (65.3) | 65 173 (34.7) | ||
| Mean age, years (SD) | 68.3 (10.7) | 72.7 (9.5) | <0.001 | 71.9 (9.6) | 75.9 (7.8) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 48 011 (16.0) | 34 132 (20.1) | <0.001 | 17 031 (13.9) | 10 960 (16.8) | <0.001 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 65 922 (21.9) | 48 673 (28.7) | <0.001 | 19 285 (15.7) | 13 384 (20.5) | <0.001 |
| Stroke, n (%) | 27 564 (9.2) | 17 266 (10.2) | <0.001 | 18 252 (14.9) | 11 167 (17.1) | <0.001 |
| CHD, * n (%) | 56 925 (18.9) | 30 433 (18.0) | <0.001 | 32 481 (26.5) | 16 244 (24.9) | <0.001 |
| Heart failure | 24 127 (8.0) | 18 364 (10.8) | <0.001 | 29 627 (24.2) | 18 187 (27.9) | <0.001 |
| Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 21 756 (7.2) | 14 976 (8.8) | <0.001 | 18 951 (15.5) | 10 869 (16.7) | <0.001 |
| Chronic respiratory disease | 20 754 (6.9) | 15 724 (9.3) | <0.001 | 10 394 (8.5) | 6363 (9.8) | <0.001 |
| Renal insufficiency, n (%) | 8002 (2.7) | 3993 (2.4) | <0.001 | 3753 (3.1) | 1663 (2.6) | <0.001 |
| PCI, n (%) | 40 917 (13.6) | 15 887 (9.4) | <0.001 | 1009 (0.8) | 318 (0.5) | <0.001 |
| Malignancy, n (%) | 24 419 (8.1) | 17 607 (10.4) | <0.001 | 12 575 (10.3) | 7824 (12.0) | <0.001 |
*Any CHD diagnosis except AMI.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CHD, coronary heart disease; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.