Table 2.

Patient characteristics

	National registry	Validation registry	Difference	National cohort
	N = 3980	N = 4014		N = 59,534
Age (yrs)	66 ± 13	66 ± 13		67 ± 13
Male gender	2726 (68%)	2756 (69%)	1%	39,545 (66%)
Deceased <180 days	313 (8%)	292 (7%)	1%	5471 (9%)
Deceased <365 days	388 (10%)	346 (9%)	1%	6862 (12%)
Final diagnosis
STEMI	2028 (51%)	2048 (51%)	0%	25,768 (43%)
NSTEMI	1952 (49%)	1966 (49%)	0%	33,766 (57%)
Treated with PCI	2700 (68%)	2754 (69%)	1%	31,632 (53%)

STEMI ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention