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The influence of diabetes, hypertension, and stroke on ethnic differences in physical and cognitive functioning in an ethnically diverse older population. Ann Epidemiol. 1996;6(5):392-8. PMID: 8915470. References Conclusion The present study suggests that, in our population, educational, social and cognitive factors were not directly related to the delay at hospital arrival. The factors that most often determined the delay were the transfer from another health service and the region of origin. A prolonged ∆-T, mainly due to prehospital delay, remains a challenging issue so that we can attain the maximum benefits from modern reperfusion therapies. Author contributions Conception and design of the research: Moreira DM. Acquisition of data: Takagui ASM, Carvalho ATG, Duarte TF. Analysis and interpretation of the data: Takagui ASM, Silva RL, Fattah T. Statistical analysis: Moreira DM. Writing of the manuscript: Takagui ASM. Critical revision of themanuscript for intellectual content: Moreira DM. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This article is part of completion work submitted by Andressa Sardá Maiochi Takagui, from Instituto de Cardiologia de Santa Catarina (ICSC). Ethics approval and consent to participate This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Instituto de Cardiologia de Santa Catarina under the protocol number 55450816.0.1001.0113. All the procedures in this studywere in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration, updated in 2013. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. Takagui et al. Infarction and delay in hospital care Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2018;31(2)107-113 Original Article