Table 2. Characteristics by ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarct Location The ARIC Study – Community Surveillance, 1987-2008.

Variable	Inferior (n 1804)*	Anterior (n 1590)*	Lateral (n 640)*	Multiple (n 813)*	P-value†
Age (years)	58.6 (0.3)	58.3 (0.4)	57.9 (0.5)	56.9 (0.5)	0.03
Women	34.0% (1.3)	29.8% (1.6)	28.3% (1.9)	31.5% (2.3)	0.06
Black	12.4% (0.9)	31.3% (1.8)	23.7% (2.1)	17.5% (2.0)	<0.01
Center
Jackson, MS	17.0% (1.1)	25.5% (1.5)	21.4% (1.8)	23.7% (2.3)	<0.01
Forsyth Co., NC	41.4% (1.4)	43.3% (1.8)	40.5% (2.3)	36.6% (2.4)
Minneapolis, MN	24.2% (1.5)	17.4% (1.2)	21.8% (1.8)	24.8% (2.0)
Washington Co., MD	17.5% (1.0)	13.8% (1.0)	16.3% (1.5)	14.9% (1.6)

Abbreviations: STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Numbers in parentheses are standard error for estimates

^*Weighted number of incident, unadjusted hospitalized STEMI by infarct location.

^†P-value for differences in characteristics across STEMl locations using Wald test.