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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Patient experience of the informed consent process during acute myocardial infarction: a sub-study of the VALIDATE-SWEDEHEART trial

Characteristics

Total 414

STEMI, number (%)

234 (56.5)

Male sex, number (%)

309 (74.6)

Age

 Median, years

67

 Interquartile range (IQR), years

59–73

Body mass index

 Median

26.4

 IQR

24.2–29.4

Weight < 60, number (%)

20 (4.8)

Previous smoker, number (%)

154 (37.2)

Current smoker, number (%)

95 (23.0)

Diabetes, number (%)

44 (10.6)

Hypertension, number (%)

209 (50.5)

Hyperlipidemia, number (%)

108 (26.1)

Previous myocardial infarction, number (%)

61 (14.7)

Previous percutaneous coronary intervention, number (%)

54 (13.0)

Previous coronary artery bypass grafting, number (%)

19 (4.6)

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation before arrival at the catheterization laboratory, number (%)

6 (1.5)

Killip class II, III or IV, number (%)

13 (3.1)