Table 2.

Logistic Regression Models Assessing Relationship Between Ethnicity and Timing and Mode of Hospital Arrival, Stratified by Sex. The Reference Group is Non-Hispanic White. BASIC, January 2000 – December 2006.

	%
	Mexican American	Non-Hispanic White	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P-value
<3 Hours*	27	29	1.4	(1.0, 1.9)	0.07
Women	23	26	1.0	(0.6, 1.6)	0.38
Men	32	31	1.5	(1.0, 2.3)	0.10
EMS*	40	56	0.6	(0.4, 0.8)	0.0005
Women	37	59	0.5	(0.3, 0.8)	0.0044
Men	43	53	0.7	(0.4, 1.0)	0.066

^*Adjusted for age, NIHSS, education, history of stroke, and insurance status.