Figure 2. Association between gender and in-hospital management (OR 95% CI), after adjustment for age, institution, education, history of smoking, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia; history of coronary heart disease, stroke, or heart failure; history of aspirin, clopidogrel, beta-blocker, statin, ACE inhibitor or ARB; presenting ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; and prior angiography.

Optimal care for in-hospital management includes administration of aspirin, clopidogrel, beta-blocker, statin, and unfractionated or low-molecular weight heparin. (UFH = unfractionated heparin; LMWH = low molecular weight heparin; GPIIb/IIIa = glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft surgery).