Table 1.

Factors Associated with Availability of Delay Time Information in Patients with Acute Heart Failure

Characteristic	Information available (+) (n=1,142)	Information not available (-) (n=1,445)	P value
	%	%
Age (mean, yrs)	76.2	76.5	0.61
Male	43.0	43.6	0.79
White race/ethnicity	93.8	91.9	0.08
Transported by ambulance	66.7	53.5	<0.001
Urban residence
Body Mass Index
<25	40.6	44.9
25-30	28.2	26.9	<0.05
≥30	31.2	28.1
Heart Rate (mean, bpm)	88.5	90.6	<.05
Medical history
Angina (+)	21.5	14.3	<0.001
Diabetes (+)	42.2	38.1	<0.05
Heart failure (+)	76.2	74.2	0.26
Myocardial infarction (+)	50.5	40.8	<0.001
Stroke (+)	15.0	14.6	0.84
Symptoms
Chest pain	37.3	24.4	<0.001
Dyspnea	95.6	91.1	<0.001
Orthopnea	41.9	32.7	<0.001
Fatigue	4.6	10.4	<0.001
Palpitations	10.0	6.2	<0.005
Died during hospitalization	3.4	7.1	<0.001