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Table 5 In-patient mortality rates according to sex and age in acute stroke and acute myocardial infarction

From: Risk factors and in-hospital outcomes in stroke and myocardial infarction patients

Group (age in years)

No. of patients with the event/ No. of patients in the given group (%) who had

RR† (95% CI)

p*

 

acute stroke

acute myocardial infarction

  

Men

    

≤64

20/65 (30.1%)

2/48 (4.2%)

7.38 (1.81–30.09)

<0.001

>64

46/113 (40.1%)

2/26 (7.7%)

5.29 (1.37–20.41)

0.001

all

66/178 (37.1%)

4/74 (5.4%)

6.86 (2.59–18.13)

<0.001

Women

    

≤64

9/35 (25.7%)

1/6 (16.7%)

1.54 (0.24–10.07)

0.633‡

>64

43/167 (25.7%)

8/26 (30.8%)

0.84 (0.45–1.57)

0.589

all

52/202 (25.7%)

9/32 (28.1%)

0.92 (0.50–1.67)

0.775

  1. * p value for Yates corrected χ2 test. †RR (95% CI) = relative risk for in-patient mortality rate in acute stroke vs. acute myocardial infarction. ‡p value for lower Fisher exact test.