Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients hospitalized into tertiary and secondary care hospitals in Estonia in 2001 and 2007
Tertiary care hospitals | Secondary care hospitals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year 2001 | Year 2007 | P | Year 2001 | Year 2007 | P | |
n = 210 | n = 327 | n = 213 | n = 360 | |||
Mean age (SD), yrs | 68.3 (12.7) | 69.7 (12.0) | 0.189 | 68.3 (12.4) | 71.8 (11.4) | 0.001 |
≥ 75 yrs, % | 30.9 | 37.0 | 0.150 | 34.3 | 45.3 | 0.010 |
Men, % | 66.7 | 58.1 | 0.047 | 52.1 | 51.9 | 0.969 |
STEMI, % | 61.9 | 49.5 | 0.005 | 59.6 | 51.4 | 0.056 |
Diabetes mellitus, % | 19.1 | 27.2 | 0.028 | 16.4 | 31.1 | < 0.001 |
Arterial hypertension, % | 70.0 | 70.0 | 0.914 | 57.3 | 75.8 | < 0.001 |
Previous AMI, % | 29.5 | 29.4 | 0.967 | 23.9 | 27.2 | 0.384 |
Previous heart failure, % | 27.1 | 28.1 | 0.802 | 26.8 | 31.7 | 0.215 |
Time to presentation (hrs), % | ||||||
≤ 3 | 50.0 | 42.5 | 0.215 | 33.3 | 30.8 | 0.878 |
3-12 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 25.3 | ||
> 12-24 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 12.2 | ||
> 24 | 16.2 | 22.9 | 28.6 | 31.7 | ||