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Table 4 Age- and sex-adjusted means and prevalences of sociodemographic variables and previous hospitalizations by the use of revascularization among patients admitted to Swedish hospitals for first-time acute myocardial infarction from 1993 to 1996, who survived the first 28 days after admission.

From: The association between socioeconomic position, use of revascularization procedures and five-year survival after recovery from acute myocardial infarction

 

Revascularization

No Revascularization

 

(n = 1,371)

(n = 45,036)

Age, years

63.8*

69.5

Male (%)

68.3*

64.8

Cancer (%)

6.4

6.8

Angina (%)

23.6*

14.7

Hypertension (%)

9.3*

7.6

Diabetes (%)

6.7

7.4

Stroke (%)

5.2*

6.9

Respiratory disease (%)

7.4

9.0

  1. * P-values are given for the difference in sociodemographic variables and previous hospitalizations between those with and those without a coronary revascularization; *p < 0.05.
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