ABC | Volume 113, Nº1, July 2019

Original Article Oliveira et al Readmission of patients with coronary syndrome Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(1):42-49 Table 1 – Socioeconomic data, nutritional status, lifestyle habits, and type of health care provided associated with readmission in patients with acute coronary syndrome in Aracaju, Brazil, 2017 Variable (%) Readmission p value* Yes No Socioeconomic variables Sex 0.1201 Female 49 (25.39%) 144 (74.61%) Male 66 (19.24%) 277 (80.76%) Race 0.0008 White 55 (29.73%) 130 (70.27%) Black/pardo 54 (16.67%) 270 (83.33%) Educational attainment 0.0035 < 9 years 44 (16.18%) 228 (83.82%) ≥ 9 years 71 (26.89%) 193 (73.11%) Family income (per capita) 0.0022 ≤ 1 salary/person 12 (12.63%) 83 (87.37%) > 1 salary and ≤ 3 salaries/ person 20 (14.93%) 114 (85.07%) > 3 salaries e ≤ 5 salaries/ person 29 (23.97%) 92 (76.03%) > 5 salaries/ person 53 (29.12%) 129 (70.88%) Age group 0.0599 Adults 35 (16.99%) 171 (83.01%) Elderly 80 (24.24%) 250 (75.76%) Nutritional status BMI 0.8271 Low weight 6 (18.18%) 27 (81.82%) Normal weight 48 (22.43%) 166 (77.57%) Overweight 60 (20.91%) 227 (79.09%) Abdominal circumference Inadequate 83 (20.75%) 317 (79.25%) 1.0000 Adequate 27 (21.09%) 101 (78.91%) Lifestyle habits Physical activity at admission Inactive 66 (23.08%) 220 (76.92%) 0.3828 Active 49 (19.6%) 201 (80.4%) Physical activity 30 days after admission Inactive 89 (20.37%) 348 (79.63%) 0.6298 Active 11 (16.92%) 54 (83.08%) Physical activity 180 days after admission Inactive 62 (22.55%) 213 (77.45%) 0.2203 Active 36 (17.56%) 169 (82.44%) Alcohol consumption 1.0000 Yes 15 (22.06%) 53 (77.94%) No 100 (21.37%) 368 (78.63%) Smoking 0.6105 Yes 17 (18.89%) 73 (81.11%) No 98 (21.97%) 348 (78.03%) Type of health care < 0.0001 Private 89 (29.47%) 213 (70.53%) Public 26 (11.11%) 208 (88.89%) *Chi-square test 45