Table 2

Predictors of early mortality

Yes, n (%)2-150No, n (%)2-150p Value (χ2)p Value (multivariate)
Male sex94 (14.8)101 (23.9)< 0.001NS
Thrombolysis32 (14.0)122 (22.4)< 0.05NS
CCU112 (15.0)83 (36.0)< 0.001< 0.001 (0.4)2-151
Smoking71 (14.6)61 (20.8)< 0.05NS
Family history29 (10.3)96 (20.6)< 0.001NS
LVF112 (31.0)48 (10.4)< 0.001< 0.01 (1.7)2-151
Cardiogenic shock61 (78.2)99 (13.3)< 0.001< 0.001 (19)2-151
Ventricular arrhythmia50 (34.3)110 (16.3)< 0.001< 0.001 (3)2-151
AV block26 (48.2)135 (17.6)< 0.001NS
Reinfarction26 (60.0)132 (17.0)< 0.001< 0.01 (3.9)2-151
Age (mean)73 years (Dead at follow up)67 years (Alive at follow up)< 0.001< 0.001 (1.05)2-151

  • ↵2-150 n, number of patients dying in hospital with and without each listed variable; (%), proportion of those with or without the variable who died in hospital

  • ↵2-151 Odds ratio.

  • AV, atrioventricular; CCU, coronary care unit admission; LVF, left ventricular failure.