Characteristics of patients with acute myocardial infarction, by First Nations status
Characteristic | No. (%) of patients* | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
First Nations, n = 1043 | Non–First Nations, n = 45 721 | ||
Age, yr, mean ± SD | 59.2 ± 12.7 | 67.9 ± 14.1 | < 0.001 |
Sex, female | 351 (33.7) | 15 558 (34.0) | 0.8 |
Distance to closest cardiac catheterization laboratory, km | < 0.001 | ||
Missing | 2 (0.2) | 98 (0.2) | |
≤ 50 | 358 (34.3) | 26 802 (58.6) | |
50.1–150 | 248 (23.8) | 7 177 (15.7) | |
150.1–300 | 303 (29.1) | 9 192 (20.1) | |
> 300 | 132 (12.7) | 2 452 (5.4) | |
Income quintile | < 0.001 | ||
Missing | 142 (13.6) | 2 130 (4.7) | |
1st (lowest) | 456 (43.7) | 9 353 (20.5) | |
2nd | 143 (13.7) | 9 404 (20.6) | |
3rd | 112 (10.7) | 8 942 (19.6) | |
4th | 90 (8.6) | 8 235 (18.0) | |
5th (highest) | 100 (9.6) | 7 657 (16.7) | |
Diabetes | 565 (54.2) | 15 487 (33.9) | < 0.001 |
Hypertension | 844 (80.9) | 38 084 (83.3) | 0.047 |
Year of acute myocardial infarction diagnosis | 0.1 | ||
1997 | 61 (5.8) | 2 741 (6.0) | |
1998 | 83 (8.0) | 3 673 (8.0) | |
1999 | 80 (7.7) | 3 793 (8.3) | |
2000 | 72 (6.9) | 3 785 (8.3) | |
2001 | 80 (7.7) | 4 040 (8.8) | |
2002 | 93 (8.9) | 4 402 (9.6) | |
2003 | 95 (9.1) | 4 506 (9.9) | |
2004 | 97 (9.3) | 4 378 (9.6) | |
2005 | 127 (12.2) | 4 431 (9.7) | |
2006 | 116 (11.1) | 4 360 (9.5) | |
2007 | 112 (10.7) | 4 437 (9.7) | |
2008† | 27 (2.6) | 1 175 (2.6) | |
Comorbidities | |||
Cancer | 58 (5.6) | 5 075 (11.1) | < 0.001 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 93 (8.9) | 6 002 (13.1) | < 0.001 |
Heart failure | 299 (28.7) | 13 887 (30.4) | 0.2 |
COPD | 423 (40.6) | 12 925 (28.3) | < 0.001 |
Dementia | 21 (2.0) | 2 853 (6.2) | < 0.001 |
HIV/AIDS | 2 (0.2) | 33 (0.1) | 0.2 |
Metastatic cancer | 7 (0.7) | 978 (2.1) | 0.002 |
Mild liver disease | 42 (4.0) | 728 (1.6) | < 0.001 |
Moderate/severe liver disease | 14 (1.3) | 223 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
Paraplegia/hemiplegia | 21 (2.0) | 914 (2.0) | 0.9 |
Peptic ulcer disease | 122 (11.7) | 2 782 (6.1) | < 0.001 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 106 (10.2) | 5 825 (12.7) | 0.02 |
Renal disease | 122 (11.7) | 4 752 (10.4) | 0.2 |
Rheumatologic disease | 58 (5.6) | 1 621 (3.5) | 0.001 |