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. 2015 Mar 12;101(14):1103–1110. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-307251

Table 4.

Differences in recognition and inhospital treatment of non-STEMIs between patients with COPD and non-COPD patients

COPD
N (%)
Non-COPD
N (%)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Minimally adjusted OR* (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)†
Inhospital treatment and diagnosis
 Initial diagnosis other than MI 9551 (45.2) 50 365 (35.5) 1.50 (1.46 to 1.54) 1.68 (1.64 to 1.73) 1.46 (1.41 to 1.50)
 Angiography in hospital 8629 (40.9) 74 304 (52.2) 0.77 (0.76 to 0.79) 0.63 (0.61 to 0.65) 0.69 (0.66 to 0.71)
Discharge treatment
 Discharge on βblockers 6632 (31.4) 925 059 (64.9) 0.25 (0.24 to 0.26) 0.24 (0.23 to 0.25) 0.25 (0.24 to 0.25)
 Discharge on ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker 12 762 (60.4) 89 368 (63.0) 0.90 (0.87 to 0.92) 0.91 (0.88 to 0.94) 0.94 (0.91 to 0.97)
 Discharge on aspirin 15 234 (72.1) 106 652 (75.1) 0.86 (0.83 to 0.88) 0.88 (0.85 to 0.91) 0.91 (0.88 to 0.94)
 Discharge on statin 15 141 (71.7) 104 804 (73.8) 0.90 (0.87 to 0.93) 0.90 (0.87 to 0.93) 0.93 (0.90 to 0.96)
 Discharge on thienopyridine 11 277 (53.4) 78 233 (55.1) 0.93 (0.90 to 0.96) 0.95 (0.91 to 0.98) 0.97 (0.94 to 1.01)

*Adjusted for age, sex smoking status and calendar year.†Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, calendar year, drugs on admission and co-morbidities.

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI, myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.