Table 2 Factors influencing short‐term and long‐term case fatality in emergency admissions of patients with AMI or angina: multivariate analyses of risk of death*.
| Short‐term case fatality | Long‐term case fatality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMI | Angina | AMI | Angina | ||
| Sex | Men | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Women | 1.22 | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.71 | |
| 95% CI | 1.18 to 1.27 | 0.60 to 0.82 | 0.90 to 0.96 | 0.67 to 0.76 | |
| Age (years) | <55 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 55–64 | 2.31 | 2.52 | 2.01 | 2.48 | |
| 95% CI | 2.10 to 2.55 | 1.63 to 3.88 | 1.85 to 2.18 | 2.13 to 2.88 | |
| 65–74 | 5.08 | 4.25 | 3.89 | 5.07 | |
| 95% CI | 4.64 to 5.55 | 2.82 to 6.39 | 3.61 to 4.20 | 4.40 to 5.83 | |
| 75–84 | 9.79 | 9.77 | 7. 29 | 10.19 | |
| 95% CI | 8.95 to 10.70 | 6.54 to 14.58 | 6.76 to 7.87 | 8.86 to 11.73 | |
| ⩾85 | 15.86 | 13.16 | 12.69 | 17.02 | |
| 95% CI | 14.39 to 17.48 | 8.52 to 20.33 | 11.66 to 13.82 | 14.54 to 19.92 | |
| Deprivation | I (most affluent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| II | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.07 | 0.99 | |
| 95% CI | 1.05 to 1.17 | 0.85 to 1.38 | 1.02 to 1.13 | 0.89 to 1.09 | |
| III | 1.11 | 0.91 | 1.08 | 1.05 | |
| 95% CI | 1.05 to 1.17 | 0.71 to 1.17 | 1.03 to 1.14 | 0.96 to 1.16 | |
| IV | 1.11 | 1.00 | 1.13 | 1.06 | |
| 95% CI | 1.05 to 1.17 | 0.78 to 1.28 | 1.07 to 1.19 | 0.97 to 1.17 | |
| V (most deprived) | 1.09 | 1.00 | 1.22 | 1.14 | |
| 95% CI | 1.03 to 1.15 | 0.78 to 1.28 | 1.16 to 1.29 | 1.04 to 1.25 | |
| Co‐morbidity | Diabetes | 1.17 | 1.24 | 1.53 | 1.59 |
| 95% CI | 1.10 to 1.24 | 0.97 to 1.59 | 1.45 to 1.61 | 1.44 to 1.75 | |
| Cancer | 1.67 | 1.50 | 1.79 | 1.70 | |
| 95% CI | 1.56 to 1.78 | 1.18 to 1.90 | 1.68 to 1.90 | 1.55 to 1.87 | |
| Respiratory disease | 1.28 | 1.06 | 1.41 | 1.41 | |
| 95% CI | 1.21 to 1.35 | 0.85 to 1.33 | 1.34 to 1.48 | 1.29 to 1.53 | |
| CVD | 1.72 | 1.69 | 1.72 | 1.61 | |
| 95% CI | 1.62 to 1.82 | 1.33 to 2.16 | 1.63 to 1.82 | 1.46 to 1.78 | |
| PVD | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.43 | 1.46 | |
| 95% CI | 1.18 to 1.34 | 0.99 to 1.60 | 1.35 to 1.51 | 1.33 to 1.60 | |
| Hypertension | 0.74 | 0.69 | 1.02 | 0.92 | |
| 95% CI | 0.69 to 0.78 | 0.54 to 0.88 | 0.96 to 1.08 | 0.84 to 1.01 | |
| Heart failure | 1.26 | 1.95 | 1.83 | 1.75 | |
| 95% CI | 1.20 to 1.31 | 1.60 to 2.37 | 1.76 to 1.90 | 1.61 to 1.90 | |
| Atrial fibrillation | 0.73 | 0.79 | 1.28 | 1.19 | |
| 95% CI | 0.68 to 0.78 | 0.61 to 1.03 | 1.21 to 1.35 | 1.08 to 1.31 | |
| Renal disease | 2.80 | 2.19 | 1.87 | 2.35 | |
| 95% CI | 2.56 to 3.05 | 1.56 to 3.07 | 1.70 to 2.06 | 1.99 to 2.76 | |
*All risk values reported come from multivariate analyses of logistic regression models. The values are thus independent, being adjusted for all other variables.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CVD, cardiovascular disease; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.