TABLE 5.

Association between the overall adherence to the MAT_STEMI criteria and MAT_NSTEACS criteria and patients’ characteristics.

Characteristic	MATSTEMI criteria		MATNSTEACS criteria
	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Health-care facilities		0.02*		0.27
General hospitals	Reference		Reference
Specialized cardiac centers	1.6 (1.1–2.3)		1.2 (0.9–1.7)
Age (years)		0.81		0.40
20–44	Reference		Reference
45–64	0.8 (0.4–1.7)		1.4 (0.8–2.4)
≥65	0.8 (0.3–1.7)		1.3 (0.7–2.3)
Sex		0.78		0.34
Male	Reference		Reference
Female	0.9 (0.6–1.6)		1.2 (0.8–1.7)
Nationality		0.21
Kuwaiti	Reference		Reference	0.01*
Non-Kuwaiti	0.7 (0.5–1.2)		0.6 (0.5–0.9)
PMH of stable ischemic heart disease		0.63		-
No	Reference		-
Yes	0.8 (0.7–1.7)		-
PMH of hypertension		0.83		0.30
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.9 (0.6–1.5)		0.8 (0.6–1.2)
BP categories (mmHg)		0.31		-
SBP and DBP <130/80	Reference		-
SBP ≥130 and/or DBP ≥80	0.9 (0.5–1.6)		-
SBP ≥140 and/or DBP ≥90	0.7 (0.5–1.1)		-
Serum LDL (mmol/L)		0.29		<0.001*
<1.8	Reference		Reference
≥1.8	0.8 (0.5–1.2)		0.5 (0.4–0.7)

Variables with p > 0.25 in the univariable analysis, which were not included in the multivariable analysis.

*p<0.05.