TABLE 1.

Baseline patient characteristics and 30-day outcomes according to location of random assignment

	All (n=328)	Prehospital (n=145)	In-hospital (n=183)	P
Age, years	58 (50–69)	58 (49–71)	58 (51–68)	0.836
Women, %	21.6	22.8	20.8	0.687
Hypertension, %	41.8	41.4	42.1	0.911
Diabetes mellitus, %	12.8	14.5	11.5	0.506
CAD family history, %	37.7	37.5	37.9	1.000
History of angina, %	25.3	24.1	26.2	0.702
Previous MI, %	12.8	13.8	12.0	0.740
Previous PCI, %	7.0	8.3	6.0	0.618
Current smoker, %	46.2	51.0	42.3	0.120
Anterior MI, %	39.9	38.6	41.0	0.734
Killip class I, %	96.0	98.6	93.8	0.043
SBP, mmHg	140 (124–160)	131 (118–148)	150 (130–163)	<0.001
DBP, mmHg	82 (70–95)	78 (69–90)	90 (75–100)	<0.001
Pulse, beats/min	73 (62–86)	74 (62–84)	72 (62–88)	0.522
Weight, kg	83 (73–94)	84 (72–95)	83 (73–93)	0.856
Height, cm	173 (167–178)	173 (165–179)	173 (167–178)	0.764
Primary composite end point*, %	24.4	23.4	25.1	0.796
30-day death, %	2.1	2.1	2.2	1.000
30-day re-MI, %	6.4	6.9	6.0	0.822
30-day death/re-MI, %	8.5	9.0	8.2	0.844

Data presented as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise specified.

^*Primary composite end point is 30-day death, reinfarction (re-myocardial infarction [MI]), refractory ischemia, congestive heart failure, cardiogenic shock and major ventricular arrhythmias. CAD Coronary artery disease; DBP Diastolic blood pressure; PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention; SBP Systolic blood pressure