Table 1: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics among the four study groups.
Study group, n (%) |
All |
R+D+ (a) |
R+D- (b) |
R-D+ (c) |
R-D- (d) |
p value |
1,339 (100) |
263 (19.6) |
162 (12.1) |
197 (14.7) |
717 (53.5) |
(a) vs. (b)* |
|
Demographics, n (%) |
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Age, mean (SD) |
68.0 (8.7) |
70.2 (7.9) |
71.8 (7.7) |
68.4 (8.0) |
66.3 (9.0) |
|
Women |
697 (52.1) |
113 (43.0) |
75 (46.3) |
118 (59.9) |
391 (54.5) |
|
Arabs |
154 (11.5) |
39 (14.8) |
15 (9.3) |
25 (12.7) |
75 (10.5) |
|
Comorbidities, n (%) |
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IHD |
409 (30.5) |
119 (45.2) |
54 (33.3) |
58 (29.4) |
178 (24.8) |
0.0152 |
PVD |
75 (5.6) |
34 (12.9) |
6 (3.7) |
10 (5.1) |
25 (3.5) |
0.0016 |
Hypertension |
934 (69.8) |
237 (90.1) |
116 (71.6) |
153 (77.7) |
428 (59.7) |
0.0348 |
Diabetes |
621 (46.4) |
176 (66.9) |
77 (47.5) |
92 (46.7) |
276 (38.5) |
< 0.001 |
Dementia |
89 (6.6) |
26 (9.9) |
13 (8.0) |
20 (10.2) |
30 (4.2) |
|
BMI, mean (SD) |
28.2 (5.5) |
28.6 (6.0) |
27.7 (5.2) |
28.4 (5.8) |
28.2 (5.3) |
|
AF |
169 (12.6) |
54 (20.5) |
32 (19.8) |
25 (12.7) |
58 (8.1) |
|
Medications, n (%) |
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OAC† |
183 (13.7) |
56 (21.3) |
30 (18.5) |
32 (16.2) |
65 (9.1) |
|
OAC with AF |
117 (69.2) |
43 (79.6) |
21 (65.6) |
18 (72.0) |
35 (60.3) |
|
Any anti-platelets‡ |
1,005 (75.1) |
251 (95.4) |
127 (78.4) |
175 (88.8) |
452 (63.0) |
< 0.001 |
Any anti-thrombotic§ |
1,016 (75.9) |
254 (96.6) |
130 (80.2) |
175 (88.8) |
457 (63.7) |
|
PVD/IHD with ASA |
476 (35.6) |
148 (56.3) |
63 (38.9) |
71 (36.0) |
194 (27.1) |
< 0.001 |
Statins |
1,068 (79.8) |
243 (92.4) |
134 (82.7) |
176 (89.3) |
515 (71.8) |
0.0022 |