Baseline characteristics of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction with and without diabetes mellitus
| Baseline characteristics | Patients without diabetes mellitus N=3967 (88%) | Patients with diabetes mellitus N=539 (12%) | p Value |
| Male | 73% | 63% | <0.01 |
| Age >60 years | 49% | 66% | <0.01 |
| Hypertension | 28% | 50% | <0.01 |
| Smoker | 45% | 32% | <0.01 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 20% | 33% | <0.01 |
| Family history of cardiovascular disease | 40% | 33% | <0.01 |
| Previous myocardial infarction | 12% | 23% | <0.01 |
| Shock | 7.6% | 10% | 0.04 |
| Left ventricular ejection fraction <40%* | 16% | 25% | <0.01 |
| Angiographic characteristics | |||
| LAD-related myocardial infarction | 44% | 44% | 0.86 |
| MVD | 33% | 51% | <0.01 |
| MVD without CTO | 21% | 30% | <0.01 |
| MVD with CTO | 12% | 21% | <0.01 |
| Post-procedural TIMI flow grade 3 | 88% | 87% | 0.23 |
| Procedural characteristics | |||
| Thrombosuction performed | 32% | 25% | <0.01 |
| Intra-aortic balloon pump | 8.4% | 11% | 0.04 |
| Stent placement | 75% | 69% | <0.01 |
| Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor used | 26% | 26% | 1 |
↵* Left ventricular ejection fraction was available for 1844/4506 patients.
CTO, chronic total occlusion; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; MVD, multivessel disease; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.