TELOMERASE ACTIVITY IN OLDER PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH NON-ST ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

Overall n = 35 Lowest TA tertile n = 11 Middle TA tertile n = 12 Highest TA tertile n = 12 P-value n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) - Age - mean (SD) 81.1 4.5 81.2 4.2 81.0 4.2 81.2 5.2 0.99 Male 18 51.4 5 45.5 6 50.0 7 58.3 0.82 Smoking status - - - - - - - - - Ex-smoker 14 40.0 6 54.5 5 41.7 3 25.0 0.56 Cu...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015-03, Vol.65 (10), p.A91-A91
Main Authors: Batty, Jonathan Adam, Sharifpour, Meedya, Veerasamy, Murugapathy, Sinclair, Hannah, Neely, Dermot, Saretzki, Gabriele, Kunadian, Vijayalakshmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute coronary syndromes
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Frailty
Health risk assessment
Heart attacks
Internal Medicine
Older people
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Summary:Overall n = 35 Lowest TA tertile n = 11 Middle TA tertile n = 12 Highest TA tertile n = 12 P-value n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) - Age - mean (SD) 81.1 4.5 81.2 4.2 81.0 4.2 81.2 5.2 0.99 Male 18 51.4 5 45.5 6 50.0 7 58.3 0.82 Smoking status - - - - - - - - - Ex-smoker 14 40.0 6 54.5 5 41.7 3 25.0 0.56 Current smoker 2 5.7 0 0.0 1 8.3 1 8.3 Hypertension 32 91.4 9 81.8 12 100.0 11 91.7 0.30 Diabetes 7 20.0 1 9.1 4 33.3 2 16.7 0.33 Previous heart disease 20 57.1 7 63.6 8 66.7 5 41.7 0.41 Cerebrovascular disease 10 28.6 4 36.4 3 25.0 3 25.0 0.79 Frailty status - - - - - - - - - Frail 18 51.4 8 72.7 4 33.3 6 50.0 0.07 Pre-frail 11 31.4 2 18.2 7 58.3 2 16.7 Robust 6 17.1 1 9.1 1 8.3 4 33.3 Table 1 Distribution of Risk Factors among Telomerase Activity (TA) Tertiles
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(15)60091-2