Keys to Achieving Target First Medical Contact to Balloon Times and Bypassing Emergency Department More Important Than Distance

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Variable	Group “direct” ()	Group “ED” ()	value
Age	64.5 (11.5)	63.7 (11.6)	0.73
Male sex	55 (83.3%)	41 (80.4%)	0.17
SBP	126 (22.2)	129 (21.8)	0.44
BMI	30.0 (4.7)	29.5 (4.0)	0.53
Prior MI	13 (19.7%)	6 (11.8%)	0.25
Prior CABG	3 (4.5%)	4 (7.8%)	0.46
Prior PCI	10 (15.2%)	5 (9.8%)	0.39
Diabetes	16 (24.2%)	10 (19.6%)	0.55
Hypertension	37 (56.1%)	29 (56.9%)	0.93
Dyslipidemia	27 (40.9%)	20 (39.2%)	0.85
Smoking history	47 (71.2%)	32 (62.8%)	0.33
Baseline creatinine	83 (22.8)	96 (38.7)	0.04