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Table 1 Characteristics of 3985 patients hospitalized for AMI and stratified by AD use

From: Is depression a real risk factor for acute myocardial infarction mortality? A retrospective cohort study

Variables

Antidepressant use

p value

Yes

No

(n. 349)

(n. 3636)

Gender [n(%)]

 Males

132

(5.4)

2296

(94.6)

 

 Females

217

(13.9)

1340

(86.1)

p < 0.05

Age [mean ± (SD)]

76.1

(11.7)

71.6

(13.6)

p < 0.05

Follow-up in years [median ± (IQR)]

2.0

(0.2–5.2)

3.8

(0.8–7.7)

p < 0.05

Length of stay in days [median ± (IQR)]

10.0

(7.0–16.0)

10.0

(7.0–14.0)

p = 0.07

Charlson comorbidity index [n (%)]

 0

162

(8.0)

1868

(92.0)

 

 1

91

(8.5)

978

(91.5)

p = 0.60

  ≥ 2

96

(10.8)

790

(89.2)

p < 0.05

Acute myocardial infarction [n(%)]

 STEMI

199

(8.8)

2066

(91.2)

 

 NSTEMI

150

(8.7)

1570

(91.3)

p = 0.94

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, STEMI ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction