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Table 3 Clinical presentation on the cohort

From: Acute coronary syndrome patterns in the Young: risk factor profile and in-hospital outcomes in a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya

Variable

Overall, N = 1341

STEMI, N = 771

NSTEMI, N = 571

p-value2

Presenting Complain

Chest Pain, n (%)

Difficulty in breathing, n (%)

Epigastric pain, n (%)

Palpitations, n (%)

Syncope, n (%)

V- Fib Arrest, n (%)

109(81.3)

2(1.5)

12(9.0)

6(4.5)

3(2.2)

2(1.5)

64(83.1)

0(0.0)

4(5.2)

5(6.5)

2(2.6)

0(0)

45(78.9)

2(3.5)

8(14.0)

1(1.8)

1(1.8)

2(3.5)

0.10

Duration of Chest Pain (IQR)

10.0(2.0–16.0)

6.1 [2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

12.3(3.8–24)

0.019

Killip Classification

Killip 1, n (%)

Killip > 2, n (%)

94 (70.1%)

50 (42.4%)

53(68.8)

24(31.1)

41(71.9)

26(45.6)

0.61

ECG Involvement

Anterior- septal, n (%)

Inferior, n (%)

Lateral, n (%)

Posterior, n (%)

Complete heart block,n (%)

84 (62.6%)

36 (26.8%)

11(8.2%)

2 (1.5%)

1 (0.7%)

50(64.9)

19(24.7)

6(7.8)

1(1.3)

1(1.3)

34(59.6)

17(29.8)

5(8.8)

1(1.8)

0(0.)

0.22

  1. 1n (%); Median (IQR), 2Wilcoxon rank sum test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test. V- Fib: Ventricular Fibrillation