Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

Characteristic	Troponin Undetectable	Troponin ≤ Median (0.01-0.12)	Troponin > Median (0.12-11.08)	P-value for trend
Number	594	330	326	…
Age (Mean±SD)	56.3±10.2	59.1±9.9	59.9±10.4	<0.0001
Female	19.0%	22.4%	21.5%	0.42
Hypertension	35.7%	38.7%	46.9%	0.004
Hyperlipidemia	45.0%	36.9%	36.6%	0.02
Current smoker	50.4%	44.1%	44.9%	0.11
Diabetes mellitus	15.6%	16.4%	21.5%	0.07
Prior MI	10.0%	6.7%	7.4%	0.17
Prior PCI	5.9%	3.6%	3.1%	0.09
Prior CHF	0.8%	1.2%	2.2%	0.24
Anterior MI	27.4%	43.0%	50.3%	<0.0001
Killip Class II-IV	5.5%	5.7%	10.9%	0.008
Time from symptom onset to fibrinolytic, hrs (IQR)	2.00 (1.42-2.75)	2.67 (1.83-3.87)	3.77 (2.42-5.42)	<0.0001

MI=Myocardial Infarction, PCI=Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, CHF=Congestive Heart Failure