All N=688 | PHC n=147 | Other n=541 | p-value | |
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Socio-demographics | ||||
Age, yearsb | 66 ± 11 | 65 ± 11 | 66 ± 11 | 0.46 |
Gender, men | 519 (75) | 112 (76) | 407 (75) | 0.81 |
Education, ≤ 9 years | 270 (39) | 60 (41) | 210 (39) | 0.68 |
Current smoker | 174 (26) | 39 (28) | 135 (25) | 0.60 |
Living alone | 162 (24) | 36 (25) | 126 (23) | 0.76 |
Co-morbiditiesa | ||||
Hypertension | 366 (53) | 82 (56) | 284 (53) | 0.48 |
Diabetes | 101 (15) | 20 (14) | 81 (15) | 0.68 |
Angina Pectoris | 103 (15) | 21 (15) | 82 (16) | 0.83 |
Atrial fibrillation | 38 (6) | 6 (4) | 32 (6) | 0.38 |
Heart failure | 22 (3) | 1 (1) | 21 (4) | 0.06 |
Previous myocardial infarction | 109 (16) | 16 (11) | 93 (17) | 0.06 |
Previous stroke | 26 (4) | 5 (3) | 21 (4) | 1.00 |
Contextual factors | ||||
Falling ill at home | 529 (77) | 110 (14) | 419 (77) | 0.50 |
Symptom onset, off hours≠ | 380 (56) | 73 (50) | 307 (57) | 0.12 |
Living in the north part of Sweden | 261 (38) | 67 (46) | 194 (36) | 0.03 |
Distance to hospital, >50 km | 105 (16) | 22 (15) | 84 (16) | 0.93 |
Being alone at symptom onset | 191 (28) | 38 (26) | 153 (28) | 0.59 |
Diagnosis | ||||
NSTEMI | 160 (23) | 46 (31) | 114 (21) | <0.01 |