Table 1.

Patient and run characteristics for both communities during baseline and intervention periods.

		Community A vs. Community B			Baseline vs. Intervention
	Overall n = 6994	Community A n = 4018	Community B n = 2976	p-value	Baseline n = 1589	Intervention n = 5405	p-value
Patient Characteristics
Males	3435 (49%)	1892 (47%)	1543 (52%)	<.0001	775 (49%)	2660 (49%)	0.76
Age (Mean ± SD)	66 +/− 17	65 +/− 17	67 +/− 16	0.0001	66 +/− 17	66 +/− 16	0.56
Communication barrier	745 (11%)	567 (14%)	178 (6%)	<.0001	201 (13%)	544 (10%)	0.003
Patient Symptoms
Chest pain	3207 (46%)	1703 (42%)	1504 (51%)	<.0001	627 (40%)	2580 (48%)	<.0001
Left arm pain	576 (8%)	379 (9%)	197 (7%)	<.0001	126 (8%)	450 (8%)	0.61
Self administered nitroglycerin	370 (5%)	252 (6%)	118 (4%)	0.0001	71 (5%)	299 (6%)	0.09
Jaw pain	118 (2%)	72 (2%)	46 (2%)	0.43	25 (2%)	93 (2%)	0.69
Epigastric pain	204 (3%)	106 (3%)	98 (3%)	0.11	49 (3%)	155 (3%)	0.65
Hx CAD with symptoms*	844 (12%)	561 (14%)	283 (10%)	<.0001	203 (13%)	641 (12%)	0.32
Hx DM with symptoms*	847 (12%)	596 (15%)	251 (8%)	<.0001	185 (12%)	662 (12%)	0.52
Age >=70 with symptoms*	1519 (22%)	928 (23%)	591(20%)	0.001	343 (22%)	1176 (22%)	0.88
Shortness of breath	2358 (34%)	1585 (39%)	773 (26%)	0.0001	683 (43%)	1675 (31%)	0.0001
Abnormal limb leads	1491 (21%)	1344(33%)	147 (5%)	<.0001	435 (27%)	1056 (20%)	<.0001
Run Characteristics
Weekday	5203 (74%)	3008 (75%)	2195 (74%)	0.29	1181 (74%)	4022 (75%)	0.94
During Day	3455 (49%)	2024 (50%)	1431 (48%)	0.06	795 (50%)	2660 (49%)	0.57
Total run time, minutes, median <q1–q3>)	22 <18–27>	23 <19–28>	21 <17–25>	<.0001	22 <18–27>	22 <18–27>	0.96
Male paramedic	5574 (88%)†	3347 (91%)‡	2227 (84%)§	<.0001	1295 (87%)∥	4279 (88%)#	0.24
Full time paramedic	5548 (88%)†	3271 (89%)‡	2277 (85%)§	<.0001	1265 (85%)∥	4283 (88%)#	0.0009

CAD – coronary artery disease, DM – diabetes mellitus

^*Diaphoresis, weakness, malaise, or nausea.

^†n = 6333

^‡n = 3665

^§n=2668

^∥n=1486

^#n=4847