Research Article

Urban vs Suburban: Is the Door-to-Balloon Time Affected by Geographic, Socioeconomic, or Racial Differences? A Tale of Two Campuses

Table 2

Baseline demographic characteristics for Campus 1 compared with Campus 2.

Campus 1 (n = 58)Campus 2 (n = 111)
Mean (n)Mean (n)

Age at STEMI (95% CI)62.75 (59.13, 66.38)64.28 (62.12, 66.44)0.48
BMI (95% CI)29.62 (28.14, 31.10)28.34 (27.41, 29.28)0.15

Gender
 Male (%)39 (67.24)81 (72.97)0.63
 Female (%)19 (32.76)30 (27.03)0.46

Race
 Caucasian (%)20 (34.48)105 (94.59)<0.001
 African American (%)36 (62.07)1 (0.90)<0.001
 Others/unknown (%)2 (3.45)5 (4.50)0.71

Coronary artery disease (%)12 (20.69)28 (25.23)0.50
Hypertension (%)35 (60.34)61 (54.95)0.49
Diabetes mellitus (%)17 (29.31)24 (21.62)0.28
Chronic kidney disease (%)3 (5.17)4 (3.60)0.60
History of tobacco (%)33 (56.9)52 (46.85)0.32
History of alcohol (%)20 (34.83)27 (24.32)0.08

Calculated values compare the percentage difference between campuses.