Table 4.

Predictors of short home-to-hospital delays

	Home-to-hospital delay ≤ 60 min (%)	Home-to-hospital delay > 60 min (%)	p-value (χ2)	Odds ratioa	95% Confidence interval	p-value
Sociodemographic factors
Age
> 70 years	15.6	28.6	< .005	1
61–70	18.0	28.6		1.13	(0.51 to 2.52)	0.764
51–60	37.7	24.8		2.66	(1.23 to 5.72)	0.013
≤ 50 years	28.7	18.1		2.72	(1.19 to 6.24)	0.018
Clinical factors
Type of acute coronary syndrome
UAb/NSTEMIc	20.5	39.0	0.002	1
STEMId	79.5	61.0		2.57	(1.40 to 4.72)	0.002
Number of pain symptoms: (in addition to chest pain)
None	12.3	19.0	0.090	1
1–3	54.9	56.2		1.85	(0.85 to 4.06)	0.124
4–8	32.8	24.8		2.65	(1.11 to 6.35)	0.028
Number of non-pain symptoms
None	17.2	24.8	0.026	1
1–2	44.3	50.5		1.45	(0.71 to 2.96)	0.313
3–6	38.5	24.8		2.75	(1.25 to 6.02)	0.012
Proximal factors
Location at onset
Home	57.4	74.0	0.009	1
Other	42.6	26.0		1.81	(1.00 to 3.25)	0.049

^aAdjusted for age and gender.

^bUnstable angina.

^cNon-ST elevation myocardial infarction.

^dST elevation myocardial infarction.