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Table 1 Background characteristics of patients contacting PHC before hospitalisation compared with those not contacting PHC when experiencing symptoms of an acute MI

From: Characteristics of patients with acute myocardial infarction contacting primary healthcare before hospitalisation: a cross-sectional study

 

All N=688

PHC n=147

Other n=541

p-value

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

  1. Some missing responses, which explains the differences in percentages
  2. Data are presented as numbers (percentages) if not otherwise indicated
  3. aCollected from the patients and validated against the medical records
  4. bData are presented as mean ± SD; Evenings, nights and weekends
  5. PHC=Primary Healthcare Centre; Other=not contacting the PHC before hospitalisation