Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

	Fibrinolysis (n = 99)	Angioplasty (n = 103)	p Value
Demographics
Age (years (SD))	60.7 (10.1)	59.5 (9.2)	0.40
Age ≥ 65 years	38 (38.4%)	35 (34.0%)	0.52
Male sex	73 (73.7%)	72 (69.9%)	0.55
Chinese ethnicity	53 (53.5%)	66 (64.1%)	NS
Insulin treated	12 (12.1%)	11 (10.7%)	0.75
Risk factors
Hypertension	58 (58.6%)	65 (63.1%)	0.51
Hypercholesterolaemia	93 (93.9%)	93 (90.3%)	0.34
Smoking (current)	52 (52.5%)	43 (41.7%)	0.13
Family history of coronary disease	21 (21.2%)	14 (13.6%)	0.15
Cardiac history
MI	15 (15.2%)	14 (13.6%)	0.75
Coronary angioplasty	1 (1.0%)	5 (4.9%)	0.21
Bypass surgery	2 (2.0%)	2 (1.9%)	1.0
Heart failure	3 (3.0%)	4 (3.9%)	1.0
Non-cardiac history
Stroke	4 (4.0%)	7 (6.8%)	0.54
Renal impairment	3 (3.0%)	8 (7.8%)	0.26
Clinical presentation
Time from onset to arrival (hours (SD))	3.6 (2.5)	3.5 (2.6)	0.72
Time from arrival to therapy (minutes (SD))	68.0 (31.3)	103.7 (40.0)	<0.001
Killip class
I	68 (68.7%)	62 (60.2%)	0.21
II	25 (25.3%)	25 (24.3%)	0.87
III	5 (5.1%)	5 (4.9%)	1.00
IV	1 (1.0%)	11 (10.7%)	0.005
≥III	6 (6.1%)	16 (15.5%)	0.03
Average Killip class	1.38 (0.63)	1.66 (0.99)	0.019
Electrocardiographic features
Anterior MI	43 (43.4%)	53 (51.5%)	0.25
Inferior MI with RV involvement	16 (16.2%)	15 (14.6%)	0.75
Inferior MI (precordial ST depression)	26 (26.3%)	27 (26.3%)	0.99
Inferior MI (isolated)	14 (14.1%)	8 (7.8%)	0.15

MI, myocardial infarction; RV, right ventricle.