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 |
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Calculated values compare the percentage difference between campuses. |