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Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics in MI patients by educational levels in Iran, 2012-2013

From: Relationship between risk factors and in-hospital mortality due to myocardial infarction by educational level: a national prospective study in Iran

Characteristic

Total n = 20750

Illiterate n = 9611

Primary n = 4941

Secondary n = 4932

University n = 1266

P-Value

Age (year) *

61.2 ± 13.4

67.7 ± 12

58.7 ± 11.7

52.9 ± 11.2

52.9 ± 11

0.001

Hospital stay (day) *

6.5 ± 14.6

6.6 ± 14.6

6.5 ± 14.6

6.3 ± 14.1

7.04 ± 15.6

0.437

Gender **

      

Men

15033 (72.4)

5488 (26.4)

3906 (18.8)

4426 (21.3)

1213 (5.8)

0.001

Women

5717 (27.6)

4123 (19.8)

1035 (4.9)

506 (2.4)

53 (0.26)

 

Smoking **

5443 (26.2)

2313 (11.1)

1408 (6.7)

1385 (6.6)

337 (1.6)

0.001

Hypertension **

7376 (35.5)

4066 (19.6)

1584 (7.6)

1372 (6.6)

354 (1.7)

0.001

Diabetes mellitus **

4612 (22.2)

2243 (10.8)

1144 (5.5)

983 (4.7)

242 (1.1)

0.001

Hyperlipidaemia **

3710 (17.8)

1726 (8.3)

854 (4.1)

910 (4.4)

220 (1)

0.467

  1. *Mean ± SD, **Frequency and percentage.