Baseline characteristics of the study population in three different study centres in Bern (Switzerland), Gdansk (Poland) and Lutsk (Ukraine)
| Bern (Switzerland) 547 patients | Gdansk (Poland) 375 patients | Lutsk (Ukraine) 164 patients | p Value for all | Bern vs Gdansk | Bern vs Lutsk | Gdansk vs Lutsk | |
| Age | 58.4±10.4 | 58.9±9.9 | 60.0±10.2 | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.27 |
| Women | 26.5% 145/547 | 26.9% 101/375 | 33.5% 55/164 | 0.19 | 0.95 | 0.1 | 0.15 |
| Smoking | 49.4% 266/539 | 56.0% 197/352 | 35.6% 36/101 | 0.001 | 0.06 | 0.02 | <0.001 |
| DM | 12.9% 68/527 | 22.3% 82/368 | 15.9% 26/164 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.41 | 0.11 |
| Obesity | 20.1% 109/541 | 33.0% 113/342 | 28.7% 47/164 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.03 | 0.37 |
| Renal disease | 5.1% 28/547 | 1.9% 7/375 | 2.0% 2/101 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 1 |
| Lung disease | 3.7% 20/547 | 3.5% 13/375 | 6.9% 7/101 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| Cancer | 4.6% 25/547 | 1.3% 5/375 | 1.0% 1/101 | 0.009 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 1 |
| Stroke | 1.1% 6/547 | 1.3% 5/375 | 6.1% 10/164 | <0.001 | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.005 |
| STEMI | 50.6% 277/547 | 79.9% 271/339 | 73.2% 120/164 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.11 |
DM, diabetes mellitus; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.