Table 1: Demographic, clinical and angiographic characteristics of the sample (n=113)

Characteristics N (%) Sample (n=113) N (%) PCI (n=73) N (%) OMT (n=40) N (%) p-value
Age-group
 <65 64 (57) 46 (63) 18 (45) 0.07
 ≥65 49 (43) 27 (37) 22 (55)
Gender
 Male 77 (68) 51 (70) 26 (65) 0.60
 Female 36 (32) 22 (30) 14 (35)
Weight status
 Normal 49 (43) 30 (41) 19 (48) 0.51
 Overweight/Obesity 64 (57) 43 (59) 21 (53)
Marital status
 Single/separated/divorced/widowed 23 (20) 16 (22) 7 (18) 0.58
 Married 90 (80) 57 (78) 33 (83)
Educational level
 Junior high school or lower 53 (47) 31 (43) 22 (55) 0.20
 Senior high school or higher 60 (53) 42 (58) 18 (45)
Place of residence
 Inside HCM city 95 (84) 65 (89) 30 (75) 0.05
 Outside HCM city 18 (16) 8 (11) 10 (25)
Working status
 No working 66 (58) 37 (51) 29 (73) 0.02
 Currently working 47 (42) 36 (49) 11 (28)
Household economic
 Poor 17 (15) 10 (14) 7 (18) 0.59
 Non-poor 96 (85) 63 (86) 33 (83)
Health insurance
 No 8 (7) 2 (3) 6 (15) 0.02a
 Yes 105 (93) 71 (97) 34 (85)
Smoking
 No 96 (85) 64 (88) 32 (80) 0.28
 Yes 17 (15) 9 (12) 8 (20)
Drinking alcohol
 No 101 (89) 65 (89) 36 (90) 0.87
 Yes 12 (11) 8 (11) 4 (10)
Physical activity
 No 51 (45) 32 (44) 19 (48) 0.71
 Yes 62 (55) 41 (56) 21 (53)
Co-morbidity
 No 15 (13) 10 (14) 5 (13) 0.86
 Yes 98 (87) 63 (86) 35 (88)
History of myocardial infarction
 No 104 (92) 68 (93) 36 (90) 0.72a
 Yes 9 (8) 5 (7) 4 (10)
History of brain stroke
 No 106 (94) 71 (97) 35 (88) 0.10a
 Yes 7 (6) 2 (3) 5 (13)
Family history of cardiovascular disease
 No 101 (89) 63 (86) 38 (95) 0.21a
 Yes 12 (11) 10 (14) 2 (5)
Type of ACS
 UA/NSTEMI 56 (50) 25 (34) 31 (78) <0.01
 STEMI 57 (50) 48 (66) 9 (23)
Duration of treatment in months (Mean ± SD) 9.4 ± 2.3 9.3 ± 2.2 9.7 ± 2.4 0.37b
The number of damaged vessels
  1 27 (24) 13 (18) 14 (35) 0.02
  2 33 (29) 27 (37) 6 (15)
  3 53 (47) 33 (45) 20 (20)
LVEF
  <40% 16 (14) 9 (12) 7 (18) 0.35
  40-50% 15 (13) 12 (16) 3 (8)
  >50% 82 (73) 52 (71) 30 (75)
PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; OMT: Optimal medical therapy; ACS: acute coronary syndromes; UA/NSTEMI: unstable angina/non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST elevation myocardial infarction; LVEF: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; SD: Standard deviation.
Co-morbidity was yes if patient had one of the following diseases including hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease or chronic lung disease
Chi-square test used except otherwise stated
Fisher exact test
The two-sample t-test with equal variances