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. 2014 Aug 26;3(4):e001090. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001090

Table 8.

Pre‐ and In‐Hospital Characteristics Among Patients With ST‐Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 P Value
N (sample) 12 812 12 228 12 604 11 901 10 320 9393 10 161 9052 9231 8462 8355
N (weighted) 62 539 61 147 60 933 57 118 50 340 45 901 49 407 44 722 45 303 42 561 41 762
Prehospital, %
Sex, %
Male 59.27 59.49 59.69 59.57 61.00 61.73 62.70 63.73 63.35 64.36 63.95 <0.0001
Female 40.73 40.51 40.31 40.43 39.00 38.27 37.30 36.27 36.65 35.64 36.05 <0.0001
Age, y, %
<55 19.84 20.23 21.95 21.70 21.55 23.46 25.61 25.75 24.67 26.23 25.93 <0.0001
55 to 64 23.81 24.05 24.12 25.55 26.26 27.42 27.16 27.05 27.73 27.16 29.43 <0.0001
65 to 74 27.35 26.63 25.46 25.14 24.77 22.53 23.12 22.28 23.98 23.07 22.90 <0.0001
75 to 84 21.71 21.99 20.93 20.09 20.48 19.29 17.40 18.02 16.80 16.46 15.46 <0.0001
>84 7.29 7.09 7.54 7.52 6.95 7.30 6.70 6.89 6.82 7.08 6.29 <0.0001
Race, %
White 77.22 75.90 72.99 71.11 73.23 74.26 73.74 70.58 72.38 70.77 69.78 <0.0001
Black 8.35 8.45 9.19 9.53 9.27 7.28 8.66 10.02 9.64 9.69 10.40 <0.0001
Hispanic 8.85 9.93 10.28 12.40 10.35 11.57 10.93 11.42 9.52 10.42 11.22 <0.0001
Asian 2.23 2.00 3.04 3.05 3.11 2.53 2.60 2.99 2.87 2.96 3.39 <0.0001
AI/NA 0.43 0.34 0.43 0.28 0.45 0.42 0.68 0.88 1.12 0.68 1.26 <0.0001
Other 2.93 3.39 4.06 3.64 3.60 3.94 3.39 4.11 4.48 5.49 3.95 <0.0001
CV risk factors, %
TIA 3.23 3.56 3.23 3.22 3.27 3.25 3.04 3.13 3.26 2.69 3.12 <0.0001
Heart failure 31.51 29.93 30.67 31.37 31.57 29.91 28.15 30.14 27.86 28.51 27.27 <0.0001
Prior MI 68.05 71.35 71.98 74.73 76.40 78.75 80.52 82.42 84.91 85.72 85.84 <0.0001
Hypertension 60.00 61.62 64.15 66.09 68.27 68.39 72.04 72.71 72.90 75.88 75.24 <0.0001
Renal failure 5.38 5.71 6.89 7.30 7.37 9.68 13.41 18.51 19.51 20.53 20.33 <0.0001
AFib 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 12.73 <0.0001
Dyslipidemia 33.37 36.28 42.36 45.33 49.20 53.11 57.06 60.55 62.59 63.49 65.06 <0.0001
PAD 4.29 4.62 4.47 4.78 4.74 4.70 4.58 5.32 5.65 5.17 5.01 <0.0001
Cancer 4.29 4.62 4.47 4.78 4.74 4.70 4.58 5.32 5.65 5.17 5.01 <0.0001
Dementia 0.71 0.66 0.56 0.60 0.62 0.53 0.52 0.48 0.48 0.54 0.28 <0.0001
Tobacco use 15.83 16.10 18.09 20.41 22.22 23.99 25.35 24.90 26.38 <0.0001
Obesity 11.41 12.44 12.52 14.70 14.95 15.78 17.97 19.47 19.92 <0.0001
In‐hospital, %
Shock 6.30 6.66 7.14 7.50 7.74 8.43 8.66 9.45 10.11 10.72 10.72 <0.001
VFib 4.67 4.64 5.09 5.08 5.43 5.37 5.60 6.00 6.29 6.81 6.93 <0.0001
Re‐Vasc 66.72 68.47 70.35 72.12 73.82 78.31 80.75 82.56 84.56 86.89 87.84 <0.0001

AFib indicates atrial fibrillation; AI/NA, American Indian or Native American; CV, cardiovascular; MI, myocardial infarction; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; Revasc, coronary revascularization procedure; TIA, transient ischemic attack; VFib, ventricular fibrillation.