Table 4. The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the Door-to-Device time was examined by multivariate regression analysis adjusted for the potential confounding factors.
Variables | Door-to-Device time, min | Door-to-Device time, ≤ 90 min | ||
Beta | p | OR | p | |
COVID-19 periods | ||||
Period-I | Ref | - | Ref | - |
Period-II | -3.67 | 0.017* | 2.34 | 0.095 |
Period-III | 10.06 | < 0.001* | 0.30 | 0.002* |
Sex, male to female | -3.77 | 0.065 | 2.44 | 0.053 |
CAD history | -3.49 | 0.138 | -a | -a |
Triage level, from 4 to 1 | -2.31 | 0.042* | 2.18 | 0.007* |
GLM gamma regression was appropriately employed based on the goodness-of-fit test for non-normally distributed independent variables, while logistic regression analysis was performed for categorical data.
a The CAD history variable was excluded due to no CAD history cases in the group with Door-to-Device time exceeding 90 minutes, leading to perfect separation and unstable model estimates.
CAD, Coronary artery disease; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; GLM, generalized linear model; OR, odds ratio.