Why the study?
Do symptoms and pre-hospital delay times during myocardial infarction differ between patients with and without diabetes?
Population
694 patients with myocardial infarction enrolled within 24 hours from admittance across 5 Swedish centres.
Comparison
Diabetes mellitus vs No diabetes mellitus
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Diabetes-associated MI delays may warrant targeted symptom education; cross-sectional data leaves open causality and outcome impact.
Do symptoms and pre-hospital delay times during myocardial infarction differ between patients with and without diabetes?
Patients with diabetes experience similar rates of chest pain during myocardial infarction but have significantly longer pre-hospital delay times compared to those without diabetes.
Ängerud et al. (2016) studied this question.
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