Table 2 Univariate predictors of in-hospital mortality for patients with STEMI

Risk factor category	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Wald score	p Value
Male	0.45 (0.42 to 0.48)	503.1	<0.001
Age per 10 year increase	2.27 (2.20 to 2.35)	2289.0	<0.001
Systolic BP per 20 mm Hg increase	0.74 (0.72 to 0.75)	626.2	<0.001
Heart rate per 30 bpm increase	1.58 (1.51 to 1.64)	479.8	<0.001
Myocardial infarction	1.51 (1.38 to 1.65)	79.7	<0.001
Hyperlipidaemia requiring treatment	0.59 (0.54 to 0.66)	109.5	<0.001
Hypertension	1.22 (1.14 to 1.31)	30.1	<0.001
Angina	1.59 (1.46 to 1.72)	124.4	<0.001
Chronic renal failure	2.77 (2.28 to 3.38)	101.9	<0.001
Cerebrovascular disease	3.17 (2.84 to 3.54)	415.3	<0.001
Peripheral vascular disease	2.14 (1.83 to 2.50)	93.0	<0.001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	1.27 (1.15 to 1.41)	20.3	<0.001
Heart failure	3.92 (3.38 to 4.55)	328.0	<0.001
Diabetes	1.54 (1.41 to 1.69)	90.4	<0.001
Glucose concentration	1.00 (1.00 to 1.01)	2.5	0.11
Smoking	0.45 (0.41 to 0.49)	310.8	<0.001
Already on aspirin	0.46 (0.40 to 0.53)	118.6	<0.001
Aspirin given acutely/on admission	0.25 (0.22 to 0.28)	505.2	<0.001
Under the care of a cardiologist (vs general physician)	0.62 (0.58 to 0.67)	148.9	<0.001
Thrombolysis given out of hospital (vs not at all)	0.13 (0.01 to 0.19)	139.6	<0.001
Thrombolysis given in hospital (vs not at all)	0.40 (0.37 to 0.43)	583.2	<0.001
Thrombolysis given by a paramedic	0.25 (0.19 to 0.36)	121.5	<0.001
Thrombolysis given by a specialist nurse	0.58 (0.49 to 0.69)	167.9	<0.001
Thrombolysis given by an accident and emergency clinician	0.53 (0.48 to 0.57)	580.8	<0.001
Thrombolysis given by a member of the on-call medical team	1.05 (0.97 to 1.15)	183.2	<0.001
Thrombolysis given by an on-call cardiologist	0.82 (0.71 to 0.94)	134.8	<0.001
Elevated markers	0.73 (0.63 to 0.84)	18.2	<0.001

STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.