Table 2.

Time intervals from symptom onset to balloon inflation

	Women		Men		Total		p-valueb	p-valuec
	Mean	Median (IQR)	Mean	Median (IQR)	Mean	Median (IQR)
Patient delay
Symptom onset—ambulance dispatcha	107	55 (23–116)	121	49 (21–117)	117	51 (22–117)	0.926	0.310
System delay
Ambulance dispatch—first ECGa	17	15 (12–19)	16	14 (12–18)	16	14 (12–18)	0.015	0.045
First electrocardiogram—hospital arrivala	27	26 (22–32)	26	26 (21–31)	26	26 (21–31)	0.036	0.289
Hospital arrival—arterial accessa,d	46	35 (24–50)	43	35 (22–54)	44	35 (23–52)	0.532	0.945
Arterial access—balloon inflationd	18	20 (15–20)	18	20 (13–20)	18	20 (14–20)	0.327	0.346
Total system delaya	107	97 (85–114)	100	93 (79–111)	102	94 (81–112)	0.168	0.199
Total ischaemic time
Symptom onset—balloon inflationa	213	160 (125–226)	218	154 (115–234)	217	157(116–233)	0.571	0.170

IQR interquartile range, ECG electrocardiogram

^aLogarithmic transformation was used to calculate the mean

^bWhen comparing means by using linear regression

^cWhen comparing medians using median test for two independent medians

^dHospital arrival—balloon inflation comparable to door-to-balloon time