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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with incident myocardial infarction or incident stroke

From: Is gout a risk equivalent to diabetes for stroke and myocardial infarction? A retrospective claims database study

 

No MI

(n = 1,325,037)

Incident MI

(n = 13,464)

No stroke

(n = 1,328,015)

Incident stroke

(n = 10,486)

Male sex

548,447

5699

550,342

3804

(41.4%)

(42.3%)

(41.4%)

(36.3%)

Age group, years

 ≤ 50

445,916

640

446,085

471

(33.7%)

(4.8%)

(33.6%)

(4.5%)

 51–60

179,005

1125

179,348

782

(13.5%)

(8.4%)

(13.5%)

(7.5%)

 61–65

117,717

907

117,917

707

(8.9%)

(6.7%)

(8.9%)

(6.7%)

 66–70

179,931

2129

180,550

1510

(13.6%)

(15.8%)

(13.6%)

(14.4%)

 71–75

142,369

2246

142,889

1726

(10.7%)

(16.7%)

(10.8%)

(16.5%)

 76–80

116,375

2343

116,781

1937

(8.8%)

(17.4%)

(8.8%)

(18.5%)

 > 80

143,125

4073

143,846

3352

(10.8%)

(30.3%)

(10.8%)

(32.0%)

Race

 Asian

35,218

299

35,269

248

(2.7%)

(2.2%)

(2.7%)

(2.4%)

 Black

166,744

1580

166,617

1707

(12.6%)

(11.7%)

(12.6%)

(16.3%)

 Hispanic

86,542

435

86,607

370

(6.5%)

(3.2%)

(6.5%)

(3.5%)

 Other

16,688

169

16,699

158

(1.3%)

(1.3%)

(1.3%)

(1.5%)

 Missing

257,540

436

257,627

349

(19.4%)

(3.2%)

(19.4%)

(3.3%)

 White

762,305

10,545

765,196

7654

(57.5%)

(78.3%)

(57.6%)

(73.0%)

Comorbidities

 Hypertension

500,421

8564

502,233

6752

(37.8%)

(63.6%)

(37.8%)

(64.4%)

 COPD

77,833

1825

78,533

1125

(5.9%)

(13.6%)

(5.9%)

(10.7%)

 Chronic kidney disease

56,131

1745

56,741

1135

(4.2%)

(13.0%)

(4.3%)

(10.8%)

 Peripheral vascular disease

40,919

1368

41,446

841

(3.1%)

(10.2%)

(3.1%)

(8.0%)

 Hyperlipidemia

478,544

7373

480,711

5206

(36.1%)

(54.8%)

(36.2%)

(49.7%)

  1. Abbreviations: MI Myocardial infarction, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. Data were analyzed after removing the patients with baseline International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, codes of 410, 412, 430–438, 428.xx, and 429.2x for MI and stroke