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Table 3 Predictors of the use of aspirin prior to hospital admission among patients with suspected IHD and not on previous chronic aspirin medication

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

 

ORa

(95 % CI)a

p

Age (per year)

0.977

(0.963, 0.991)

0.001

Previous history

   Myocardial infarction

2.21

(1.21, 4.04)

0.01

EMS assessment

   Priority

8.07

(5.42, 12.02)

<0.0001

ECG pattern

   ST-elevation

2.22

(1.50, 3.29)

<0.0001

Cardio-respiratory finding

   Oxygen saturation ≥90 %

3.37

(1.81, 6.27)

0.0001

  1. aOdds ratio (95 % confidence interval)