Table 5

Influence of smoking, previous aspirin treatment, both, and neither on ST elevation (n = 1287) and Q wave development (n = 1130) in acute myocardial infarction

Smoking Previous aspirin Both Neither p Value
ST elevation565 (91.1)68 (77.3)51 (89.5)454 (87.0)0.001
Q wave development442 (78.8)49 (73.1)33 (64.7)375 (83.1)0.006
  • Data, number (percentages), are for patients in whom datasets for each of the four variables were complete.