Table 2.

Clinical presentation symptoms and signs of study cohort

Presenting symptoms and signs	Total	Predictors of time from symptom onset to hospital presentation P	Predictors of time from hospital presentation to imaging diagnosis P	Predictors of time from imaging diagnosis to treatment P
Chest pain (n = 588)	430 (73.1)	0.145	0.519	0.425
*Sudden onset pain (n = 567)	453 (79.9)	0.0001 (↓)	0.597	0.811
Severe intensity pain (n = 532)	405 (76.1)	0.945	0.964	0.201
Back pain (n = 547)	361 (66.0)	0.619	0.125	0.376
Abdominal pain (n = 526)	194 (36.9)	0.869	0.523	0.429
*Migratory pain (n = 499)	219 (43.9)	0.020 (↑)	0.165	0.916
Focal neurology (n = 486)	74 (15.2)	0.115	0.550	0.645
Collapse (n = 539)	107 (19.9)	0.050	0.219	0.573
New murmur (n = 479)	42 (8.8)	0.963	0.173	N/A
Ischaemic limb (n = 511)	50 (9.8)	N/A	0.028	N/A
Hypotension (n = 586)	121 (20.7)	N/A	0.914	N/A
Shock (n = 579)	72 (12.4)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cardiac tamponade (n = 564)	43 (7.6)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fever (n = 574)	16 (2.8)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Coma (n = 594)	74 (12.5)	N/A	0.090	N/A

Values are n (%). For each time outcome (symptom onset to hospital presentation, hospital presentation to imaging diagnosis and imaging diagnosis to treatment), the P values for the included variables are presented and significant variables highlighted with *. ↓ indicates significant decrease in time from symptom onset to hospital presentation and ↑ indicates significant increase in time from symptom onset to hospital presentation. N/A, not available.