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Table 1 Multiple linear regression. Predictors of infarct size (Scar ml).

From: Relationship between the duration of ischemia and final infarct size in STEMI patients treated with abciximab and primary PCI

Variable

B (95% CI)

P value

Age

0.27 (-0.39-0.59)

.085

Occluded artery at first angiogram

10.9 (5.2-16.5)

.0005

LAD as culprit artery

10.2 (4.8-15.6)

.0005

Symptom to patent artery (minutes)

0.18 (-0.54-0.89)

.62

Active smoker

7.9 (2.1-13.7)

.008

Male sex

4.9 (-2.7-12.4)

.20

Hypertension

3.9 (-2.2-10.2)

.20

Diabetes

0.26 (-11.5-12.0)

.96

  1. B, regression coefficient. CI, confidence interval. LAD, left anterior descending artery.