Table 1.

 Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 500)

Characteristic	Number (%)
Men	414 (82.8%)
Age >70 years	110 (22.0%)
Site of infarction
Anterior	152 (30.4%)
Inferoposterior	186 (37.2%)
Multiple locations	15 (3.0%)
Non-Q wave	97 (19.4%)
Undefined	37 (7.4%)
Not reported	13 (2.6%)
Killip class at admission
1	431 (86.4%)
2	64 (12.8%)
3	4 (0.8%)
Previous myocardial infarction	62 (12.5%)
Hypertension	173 (35.7%)
Diabetes	66 (13.5%)
Recommended treatments
Thrombolysis	351 (70.8%)
Intravenous β blockers	127 (25.7%)
Aspirin	432 (87.3%)