Table 2.
Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% CI of factors associated with delay in seeking early medical care among AMI1 subjects in a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan
| Variable | Delayed | Not delayed | Adjusted2 OR | (95% CI3) | P-value | ||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||||
| Knowledge of symptoms of heart attack | 0.020 | ||||||
| Yes4 | 31 | (12.7) | 103 | (21.6) | 1.00 | - | |
| No | 213 | (87.3) | 373 | (78.4) | 1.82 | (1.10, 2.99) | |
| Severity of Pain (using Visual Analog Scale (0–10)) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Severe | 64 | (15) | 353 | (85) | 1.00 | - | |
| Moderate | 85 | (56) | 68 | (44) | 6.86 | (4.50, 10.47) | |
| Mild | 95 | (63) | 55 | (37) | 10.05 | (6.50, 15.54) | |
1AMI = Acute Myocardial Infarction;
2adjusted for age, and income
3CI = confidence interval
4 A person who knows at least one symptom of heart attack