From: Gender differences in presentation and diagnosis of chest pain in primary care
Index test | Women (n = 689) | Men (n = 521) | ||
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adjusted OR (95%-CI) | p value | adjusted OR (95%-CI) | p value | |
Known clinical vascular disease* | 5.71 (0.16-1.11) | 0.001 | 19.56 (5.03-76.03) | <0.001 |
Pain worse with exercise | 3.59 (1.24-10.39) | 0.019 | 4.43 (1.32-14.86) | 0.016 |
Age/gender (female ≥ 65, male ≥ 55) | 3.77 (1.26-11.32) | 0.018 | 7.78 (2.05-29.57) | 0.003 |
Stinging pain | 0.30 (0.09-0.96) | 0.042 | ||
Diabetes mellitus | 3.82 (1.40-10.39) | 0.009 | ||
Pain duration between 1-12 hours | 3.96 (1.52-10.33) | 0.005 | ||
Patient assumes cardiac origin of pain | 8.26 (1.77-38.67) | 0.007 | ||
Pressing pain | 3.60 (1.16-11.22) | 0.027 | ||
Pain depending on inspiration | 0.07 (0.01-0.65) | 0.019 | ||
Localized muscle tension | 0.12 (0.03-0.44) | 0.001 | ||
Pain radiating to the back | 11.29 (1.93-66.10) | 0.007 | ||
Pain duration between 30 min.-1 hour | 5.75 (1.32-25.09) | 0.020 | ||
Pain duration between 1-30 min. | 4.27 (1.25-14.66) | 0.021 |