Table 2.

Independent Predictors of Delayed Presentation in Patients With STEMI in the Arab Middle East

	OR	95%CI	P Value
Age (per 10 year)	1.3	1.10–1.58	<0.0001
Prior PCI	0.45	0.27–0.73	0.0012
Atypical symptoms	1.2	1.10–1.30	<0.0001
Country: Yemena	11.8	5.5–25.2	<0.0001
Family history of CAD	0.73	0.56–0.97	0.029

Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CAD, coronary artery disease; CI, confidence interval; DM, diabetes mellitus; HL, hyperlipidemia; HT, hypertension; OR, odds ratio; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.

Model adjusted for age, gender, DM, HT, prior angioplasty, prior CABG, smoking, family history of CAD, prior stroke, HL, presenting symptoms, country, use of ambulance, and interaction between age and gender. Model c‐index 0.782.

^aCompared with the country with lowest delayed presentation, Bahrain