Abstract
BackgroundPrior studies have reported inconsistencies in the baseline risk profile, comorbidity burden and their association with clinical outcomes in women compared to men. More importantly, there is limited data around the sex differences and how these have changed over time in contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice.Methods and resultsWe used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample to identify all PCI procedures based on ICD-9 procedure codes in the United States between 2004–2014 in adult patients. Descriptive statistics were used to describe sex-based differences in baseline characteristics and comorbidity burden of patients. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to investigate the association between these differences and in-hospital mortality, complications, length of stay and total hospital charges. Among 6,601,526 patients, 66% were men and 33% were women. Women were more likely to be admitted with diagnosis of NSTEMI (non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction), were on average 5 years older (median age 68 compared to 63) and had higher burden of comorbidity defined by Charlson score ≥3. Women also had higher in-hospital crude mortality (2.0% vs 1.4%) and any complications compared to men (11.1% vs 7.0%). These trends persisted in our adjusted analyses where women had a significant increase in the odds of in-hospital mortality men (OR 1.20 (95% CI 1.16,1.23) and major bleeding (OR 1.81 (95% CI 1.77,1.86).ConclusionIn this national unselected contemporary PCI cohort, there are significant sex-based differences in presentation, baseline characteristics and comorbidity burden. These differences do not fully account for the higher in-hospital mortality and procedural complications observed in women.
Highlights
Disparities in clinical outcomes between men and women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have been reported in the literature [1,2,3,4]
Women were more likely to be admitted with diagnosis of NSTEMI, were on average 5 years older and had higher burden of comorbidity defined by Charlson score
The observational TRANSLATE-ACS study in 12,000 ACS patients undergoing PCI from the United States found that significantly higher unadjusted 1 year major adverse cardiac events (MACE) seen in women presenting with acute myocardial infarction disappeared after adjustment for confounders [16]
Summary
Disparities in clinical outcomes between men and women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have been reported in the literature [1,2,3,4]. A recent nationwide observational report from Germany, involving over 185,000 patients, identified a higher adjusted in-hospital mortality risk in women who present with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) [15]. The observational TRANSLATE-ACS study in 12,000 ACS patients undergoing PCI from the United States found that significantly higher unadjusted 1 year major adverse cardiac events (MACE) seen in women presenting with acute myocardial infarction disappeared after adjustment for confounders [16]. Prior studies have reported inconsistencies in the baseline risk profile, comorbidity burden and their association with clinical outcomes in women compared to men. There is limited data around the sex differences and how these have changed over time in contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice.
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