Renal dysfunction in STEMI-patients undergoing primary angioplasty: higher prevalence but equal prognostic impact in female patients; an observational cohort study from the Belgian STEMI registry

Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics (N = 1,638)

Characteristic	Women (N = 338, 20.6%)	Men (N = 1300, 79.4%)	P-value
Age, mean (SD), years	68.8 (12.7)	61.6 (12.0)	<0.001
Diabetes	21.3	13.8	<0.001
Hypertension	54.7	41.4	<0.001
Weight < 67 kg	42.3	9.8	<0.001
Previous CAD ^(a)	16.9	22.4	0.03
Previous PAD ^(b)	8.6	8.4	0.91
Ischemic time > 4 h ^(c)	47	35	<0.001
Door to balloon > 120 min.	14.2	11.8	0.59
CPR ^(d)	11.2	11.2	1.00
HR ^(e) > 100 bpm ^(f)	17.2	11.5	<0.001
BP ^(g) < 100 mmHg	23.7	15.3	<0.001
Anterior AMI ^(h)	49.4	45.1	0.16
Killip > I	26.6	14.3	<0.001
TIMI score, median [IQR]	5 [3.0 – 7.3]	3 [2.0 – 5.0]	<0.001
Creatinine (mg/dl) median [IQR]	0.90 [0.75-1.10]	1.00 [0.84-1.17]	<0.001
eGFR ⁽ⁱ⁾ <60 mL/min/1.73 m²	42.3	25.3	<0.001

^(a) coronary artery disease, ^(b) peripheral artery disease, ^(c) ischemic time = symptom to balloon time, ^(d) cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ^(e) heart rate, ^(f) beats per minute, ^(g) systolic blood pressure, ^(h) acute myocardial infarction, ⁽ⁱ⁾ estimated glomerular filtration rate.
Data are presented as percentage of patients unless otherwise specified.

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