Table 3.
Sample characteristics for abrupt and gradual symptom onset groups by sex (n=468).
| Sample characteristics | Abrupt symptom onset (n=261, 55.77%) |
p Value | Gradual symptom onset (207, 44.23%) |
p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women (n=79, 61.72%) | Men (n=182, 53.53%) | Women (n=49, 38.28%) | Men (n=158, 46.47%) | |||
| Age (mean, SD) | 64.01 (13.22) | 59.73 (11.52) | 0.008 | 66.08 (13.80) | 61.39 (10.73) | 0.013 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single/separated/divorced/widowed | 31 (39.24) | 78 (43.09) | 0.56 | 28 (57.14) | 65 (41.14) | 0.051 |
| Married/committed relationship | 48 (60.76) | 103 (56.91) | 21 (42.86) | 93 (58.86) | ||
| Education | 0.98 | 0.02 | ||||
| <High school Diploma | 10 (12.66) | 21 (11.54) | 13 (26.53) | 16 (10.19) | ||
| High school diploma | 16 (20.25) | 43 (23.63) | 15 (30.61) | 37 (23.57) | ||
| Some college | 28 (35.44) | 62 (34.07) | 12 (24.49) | 51 (32.48) | ||
| College degree | 15 (18.99) | 33 (18.13) | 6 (12.24) | 32 (20.38) | ||
| Graduate degree | 10 (12.66) | 23 (12.64) | 3 (6.12) | 21 (13.38) | ||
| Insurance | 0.084 | 0.112 | ||||
| Private | 37 (74.44) | 76 (42.70) | 17 (35.42) | 62 (40.52) | ||
| Govt./other | 35 (44.87) | 69 (38.76) | 27 (56.25) | 63 (41.18) | ||
| Not insured | 6 (7.69) | 33 (18.54) | 4 (8.33) | 28 (18.30) | ||
| Income | 0.94 | 0.50 | ||||
| <$20,000 | 18 (22.78) | 43 (23.62) | 16 (32.65) | 44 (27.85) | ||
| $20,000–$50,000 | 23 (29.11) | 55 (30.22) | 14 (28.57) | 45 (28.48) | ||
| $50,000–$100,000 | 17 (21.52) | 44 (24.18) | 8 (16.33) | 33 (20.89) | ||
| $100,000+ | 11 (13.92) | 22 (12.09) | 3 (6.33) | 20 (12.66) | ||
| Missing | 10 (12.66) | 18 (9.89) | 8 (16.33) | 16 (10.33) | ||
| Obese | 0.53 | 0.21 | ||||
| Yes | 28 (35.44) | 72 (39.56) | 16 (32.65) | 66 (42.58) | ||
| No | 51 (64.56) | 110 (60.44) | 33 (67.35) | 89 (57.42) | ||
| Diagnosis | 0.32 | 0.51 | ||||
| Unstable angina | 19 (24.05) | 36 (19.78) | 11 (22.45) | 36 (22.78) | ||
| NSTEMI | 45 (56.96) | 96 (52.75) | 29 (59.18) | 81 (51.27) | ||
| STEMI | 15 (18.99) | 50 (27.47) | 9 (18.37) | 41 (25.95) | ||
| Diabetes | 0.67 | 0.34 | ||||
| Yes | 21 (26.58) | 53 (29.12) | 13 (26.53) | 53 (33.76) | ||
| No | 58 (73.42) | 129 (70.88) | 36 (73.47) | 104 (66.24) | ||
| Hypertension | 0.6 | 0.17 | ||||
| Yes | 54 (70.13) | 121 (66.85) | 31 (63.27) | 116 (73.42) | ||
| No | 23 (29.87) | 60 (33.15) | 18 (36.73) | 42 (26.58) | ||
| Family history heart disease/premature cardiac death | 0.32 | 0.35 | ||||
| Yes | 39 (50.65) | 77 (44.00) | 26 (53.06) | 70 (45.45) | ||
| No | 38 (49.35) | 98 (56.00) | 23 (46.94) | 84 (54.55) | ||
| Current smoker | 0.04 | 0.57 | ||||
| Yes | 14 (17.72) | 54 (29.67) | 9 (18.37) | 35 (22.15) | ||
| No | 65 (82.28) | 128 (70.33) | 40 (81.63) | 123 (77.85) | ||
| Mode of arrival to ED | 0.23 | 0.93 | ||||
| Self-transport | 36 (45.57) | 101 (55.80) | 24 (50) | 82 (52.23) | ||
| Ambulance/paramedic | 38 (48.10) | 74 (40.88) | 23 (47.92) | 71 (45.22) | ||
| Transfer from another facility | 5 (6.33) | 6 (3.31) | 1 (2.08) | 4 (2.55) | ||
ED: emergency department; Govt.: government; NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; SD: standard deviation; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Statistically significant values are bolded.