Table 4

Odds ratios for ACS for two hypothetical patients, A and B, used as examples. Patient A is female, 72 years old, and seeks emergency care with ongoing chest discomfort that has lasted for 7 hours. She has undergone CABG previously and has had angina pectoris in connection with physical effort the last month. The ECG shows an elevation of the ST-amplitude above 200 in lead V2 only. Patient B is male, 35-year old, and with chest discomfort for the last 72 hours but without any ST-elevations according to the ECG.


Model Estimate
Patient A
OR
Patient B
OR

Baseline odds for ACS
0.0163

0.00163

0.00163






Odds ratios





     Age (no. of years above 40)
1.031
72
1.03132
35
1.031-5
     Hypertension
1.7
No
1.0
No
1.0
     Angina pectoris ≤ 1 month
4.1
Yes
4.1
No
1.0
     Congestive heart failure
0.48
No
1.0
No
1.0
     Previous myocardial infarction

No
1.0
No
1.0
          Yes, ≤ 6 months
2.7




          Yes, > 6 months
2.1




          No
1.0




     Previous CABG
0.23
Yes
0.23
No
1.0
     Chest discomfort at presentation
1.9
Yes
1.9
Yes
1.9
     Symptom duration

7 hours
2.8
72 hours
1.0
          0 – 6 h
3.8




          7 – 12 h
2.8




          > 12 h
1.0
-



     I-STamp

No
1.0
No
1.0
          I-STamp > 50 and I-STamp38 > I-STamp
2.4




     aVF-STamp

No
1.0
No
1.0
          aVF-STamp>100 and aVF-STamp38>aVF-STamp
9.4




          aVF-STamp < -100 and aVF-STamp38 < aVF-STamp
4.1




          None of above
1.0




     V2-STamp

> 200
3.4
No
1.0
          V2-STamp > 200 and V2-STamp38 > V2-Stamp
3.4




          100 < V2-STamp ≤ 200 and V2-STamp38 > V2-STamp
1.6




          V2-STamp < -100 and V2-STamp38 < V2-STamp
2.6




          None of above
1.0
-




Björk et al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2006 6:28   doi:10.1186/1472-6947-6-28