Table 1 Demographic characteristics of AMI patients in Maldives
From: Factors associated with prehospital delay in acute myocardial infarction in Maldives
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years)a | 50.9 (12.9) |
Sex | |
 Male | 116 (91.3) |
 Female | 11 (8.7) |
Education level | |
 No schooling | 20 (15.7) |
 Primary school | 58 (45.7) |
 Secondary school | 30 (23.6) |
 Tertiary education | 19 (15.0) |
CAD risk factors | |
Hypertension | |
 Yes | 24 (18.9) |
 No | 103 (81.1) |
Diabetes mellitus | |
 Yes | 27 (21.3) |
 No | 100 (78.7) |
Family history of CAD | |
 Yes | 31 (24.4) |
 No | 96 (75.6) |
HPL | |
 Yes | 34 (26.8) |
 No | 93 (73.2) |
Smoking | |
 Yes | 80 (63.0) |
 No | 47 (37.0) |
Other | |
 Yes | 9 (7.1) |
 No | 118 (92.9) |
Nationality | |
 Maldivian | 101 (79.5) |
 Foreigner | 26 (20.4) |