Table 1.

Change in Rate of Acute Coronary Syndrome Hospital Admissions by Selected Variables, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Variable	Coefficient (95% CI)	Exponential of Coefficients (95% CI)	P Value
Patient characteristic
Age	0.35 (0.33 to 0.37)	1.41 (1.39 to 1.45)	<.001
Year of admission	−0.06 (−0.08 to −0.04)	0.94 (0.92 to 0.96)	<.001
Female	−0.45 (−0.50 to 0.41)	0.64 (0.60 to 0.66)	<.001
Season
Autumn	−0.10 (−0.16 to −0.03)	0.90 (0.85 to 0.97)	.003
Summer	−0.04 (−0.11 to 0.02)	0.96 (0.90 to 1.02)	.18
Winter	−0.07 (−0.13 to −0.002)	0.93 (0.88 to 1.00)	.04
Health status
No tobacco use	−0.25 (−0.31 to −0.20)	0.78 (0.73 to 0.82)	<.001
No diabetes	−1.66 (−1.70 to −1.61)	0.19 (0.18 to 0.20)	<.001
Regulation change	0.02 (−0.08 to 0.11)	1.02 (0.92 to 1.12)	.12

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.