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Table 2 Treatment delay and ischemic time in various patient groups based on observed data

From: Exploring the treatment delay in the care of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing acute percutaneous coronary intervention: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Number

Missing (%)

Treatment delaya

Missing (%)

Ischemic timeb

All patients

1017

139 (13.7 %)

64 (51–84)

330 (32.4 %)

148 (105–266)

Interhospital transfer for PCI

1009

    

- yes

199

25 (21.6 %)

77 (58–110)

76 (38.2 %)

173 (118–274)

- no

810

110 (13.6 %)

62.0 (49–79)

248 (30.6 %)

145 (101–219)

First ECG

874

    

- General practitioner

25

2 (8.0 %)

86 (68–113)

4 (16.0 %)

199 (161–341)

- Ambulance

707

55 (7.8 %)

62 (49–78)

184 (26.0 %)

141 (100–215)

- Hospital

142

10 (7.0 %)

77 (60–111)

49 (34.5 %)

189 (119–324)

  1. PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, ECG electrocardiogram
  2. aTreatment delay was defined in minutes as ranging from first electrocardiogram with ST-elevation to start of the percutaneous coronary intervention and is not corrected for the effects of other independent variables
  3. bIschemic time was defined in minutes as ranging from symptom onset to start of the percutaneous coronary intervention