Pathways leading to coronary revascularisation among patients with diabetes in Finland: a longitudinal register-based study

Table 1 Background characteristics of CHD population in Finland 1998–2007.

		Men						Women
		No diabetes (n)	%	IDD (n)	%	NIDD (n)	%	No diabetes (n)	%	IDD (n)	%	NIDD (n)	%
Revascularisations year(s):	1998-2007	44 498		1 121		10 520		16 731		651		5 253
	1998	3 818		92		678		1 247		46		377
	2007	4 422		152		1 202		1 807		74		625
Revascularisations type:	PCI	23 290	52	506	45	4 689	45	9 925	59	343	53	2 853	54
	CABG	21 208	48	615	55	5 831	55	6 806	41	308	47	2 400	46
Age:	-39	728	2	54	5	59	1	170	1	42	6	26	0
	40-54	9 461	21	375	33	1 396	13	1 516	9	204	31	277	5
	55-69	21 093	47	501	45	5 444	52	6 229	37	249	38	1 848	35
	70+	13 216	30	191	17	3 621	34	8 816	53	156	24	3 102	59
Comorbidities:
	Hypertension	23 495	53	881	79	8 102	77	11 287	67	536	82	4 484	85
	Atrial fibrillation	3 261	7	45	4	1 046	10	1 217	7	29	4	536	10
	Cardiac failure	2 730	6	145	13	1 266	12	1 421	8	94	14	964	18
	Alcoholism/drug abuse	963	2	39	3	214	2	87	1	11	2	26	0
	Cancer	2 554	6	54	5	663	6	1 100	7	27	4	382	7
	COPD and asthma	5 104	11	135	12	1 436	14	2 611	16	97	15	958	18
	Depression	611	1	23	2	176	2	263	2	15	2	119	2
	Parkinson's disease	274	1	9	1	98	1	147	1	8	1	66	1
	Mental disorder	1 031	2	35	3	364	3	492	3	29	4	255	5
	Dementia	105	0	3	0	37	0	67	0	2	0	22	0
	Renal insufficiency	119	0	76	7	50	0	29	0	33	5	22	0
Number of CHD hospitalizations, mean (standard deviation)		1.62	(0.86)	1.87	(1.15)	1.72	(0.99)	1.59	(0.87)	1.71	(0.92)	1.70	(1.04)

Abbreviations: No diabetes, patients without diabetes; IDD, insulin dependent diabetes; NIDD, non-insulin dependent diabetes; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; Number of CHD hospitalizations covers two years period preceding revascularization

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