Table 1 Baseline characteristics of ACS patients admitted to selected tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia based on ACS subtypes
Patient Characteristics | All patients (n = 181) | STEMI (n = 111) | NSTE-ACS (n = 70) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Mean + SD | 55.8 ± 11.9 | 55.2 ± 11.4 | 56.9 ± 12.7 | 0.349 |
Sex | Male | 113 (62.4%) | 70 (63.1) | 43 (61.4) | 0.825 |
Female | 68 (37.6) | 41 (36.9) | 27 (38.6) | ||
Residence | Urban/semi-urban | 137 (75.7) | 85 (76.6) | 52 (74.3) | 0.726 |
Rural | 44 (24.) | 26 (23.4) | 18 (25.7) | ||
Educational status | Illiterate | 57 (31.5) | 35 (31.5) | 22 (51.4) | 0.290 |
Read and write | 42 (23.2) | 25 (22.5) | 17 (24.3) | ||
Primary school | 29 (16.0) | 14 (12.6) | 15 (21.4) | ||
Secondary and above | 53 (29.3) | 37 (33.3) | 16 (22.9) | ||
Occupational status | Employed | 43 (23.8) | 24 (21.6) | 19 (27.1) | 0.526 |
Merchant | 55 (30.4) | 37 (33.3) | 18 (25.7) | ||
Farmer/labor workers | 30 (16.6) | 20 (18.0) | 10 (14.3) | ||
Unemployed/retired | 53 (29.3) | 30 (27.0) | 23 (32.9) | ||
Type of transportation | Ambulance | 17 (9.4) | 13 (11.7) | 4 (5.7) | 0.178 |
Taxi/public bus | 164 (90.6) | 98 (88.3) | 66 (94.3) | ||
Symptom onset to hospital arrival | median (IQR) | 26 (10–43) | 26 (8–48) | 26.5 (12–40) | 0.925 |
≤12 h | 59 (32.6) | 40 (36.0) | 19 (27.1) | 0.214 | |
> 12 h | 122 (67.4) | 71 (64.0) | 51 (72.9) | ||