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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and delays of included patients

From: Management strategies and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) during Covid-19 pandemic

Variables

COVID-19 group (n = 171)

pre-COVID-19 group (n = 52)

p

Age (yrs)

64.0 ± 13.1

64.4 ± 13.5

0.85

Gender (male), n (%)

142 (83.0)

42 (80.7)

0.77

BMI (kg/m2)

21.5 ± 3.2

22.3 ± 4.0

0.81

SBP (mmHg)

124.60 ± 25.12

127.72 ± 30.90

0.44

DBP (mmHg)

78.59 ± 17.22

80.21 ± 18.62

0.55

Hypertension, n (%)

87 (50.9)

26 (50.0)

0.88

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

36 (21.1)

12 (23.1)

0.12

Smoker, n (%)

110 (64.3)

34 (65.4)

0.87

Congestive cardiac failure, n (%)

2 (1.1)

1(1.9)

0.68

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

3 (1.7)

2 (3.8)

0.39

Previous MI, n (%)

12 (7.0)

5(9.6)

0.48

Previous PCI, n (%)

8 (5.3)

3 (5.8)

0.86

Cerebrovascular disease or peripheral vascular disease, n (%)

20 (1.7)

8 (15.3)

0.66

Average FMC, min

625.3

1176.9

0.001*

Proportion of FMC within 2 h, n (%)

51 (29.8)

14 (26.9)

0.57

Time to worsen symptoms prior to entry (hrs)

10.15 ± 9.04

11.63 ± 10.61

0.68

Proportion of transferred patients, n (%)

105 (61.4)

37 (71.1)

0.04*

Catheter activation, min

5.29 ± 11.86

4.55 ± 7.01

0.65

Average D2B, min

84.3

107.1

0.28

Proportion of D2B within 90 min, n (%)

106 (61.9)

24 (46.1)

0.04*

The time from arrival to puncture, min

10.3 ± 7.8

12.9 ± 11.8

0.21

The guide wire crossing time, min

28.5 ± 11.4

21.9 ± 9.4

0.02*

Duration of operation, min

52.9 ± 22.7

44.0 ± 19.6

0.02*

  1. *Statistical analysis was done with Student’s t test or Chi-square test, where p < 0.05 was considered as significant