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Table 2 Age, gender and previous history (%, if not otherwise stated)

From: Determinants of pre-hospital pharmacological intervention and its association with outcome in acute myocardial infarction

Prehospital aspirin

 

All (n = 1726)

Yes (n = 995)

No (n = 731)

p*

Age (mean ± SD)

70 ± 13

68 ± 13

73 ± 13

<0.0001

Women

33

29

39

0.03

Previous history

Diabetes (7)a

20

18

23

0.01

Hypertension (21)a

44

42

47

 

Smoking (98)a

27

30

24

 

Myocardial infarction (19)a

28

22

36

<0.0001

Heart failure (72)a

9

5

13

<0.0001

PCI (25)a

16

13

19

0.0008

Heart surgery (14)a

9

7

12

0.001

Stroke (19)a

10

7

14

<0.0001

Medication

Aspirin (27)a

38

31

46

<0.0001

Any other cardiovascular drug (51)a

61

54

71

<0.0001

  1. *Age adjusted p-value (except for age itself), denoted if <0.05
  2. aNumber of patients with missing information