Table 1 Proportions of patients referred to cardiologists, categorised by exercise-test result, educational level, and socioeconomic classification
Characteristic | Number of patients referred/number of patients with characteristic (%) | P value for difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Total | 0.058 | |
40/427 (9.4%) | 59/438 (13.5%) | 99/865 (11.4%) | ||
Exercise test result | ||||
Positive test | 11/19 (57.9%) | 26/36 (72.2%) | 37/55 (67.3%) | 0.282 |
Inconclusive test | 17/72 (23.6%) | 20/70 (28.6%) | 37/142 (26.1%) | 0.501 |
Negative test | 11/328 (3.4%) | 12/325 (3.7%) | 23/653 (3.5%) | 0.814 |
Non-assessable test | 1/8 (12.5%) | 1/7 (14.3%) | 2/15 (13.3%) | 1.000 |
Educational level | ||||
Primary education | 18/176 (10.2%) | 26/192 (13.5%) | 44/368 (12.0%) | 0.328 |
Secondary education | 9 /118 (7.6%) | 17/152 (11.2%) | 26/270 (9.6%) | 0.326 |
University or college degree | 8/86 (9.3%) | 6/52 (11.5%) | 14/138 (10.1%) | 0.673 |
Missing data | 5/47 (10.6%) | 10/42 (23.8%) | 15/89 (16.9%) | 0.098 |
Socioeconomic classification | ||||
Manual workers | 21/180 (11.7%) | 26/204 (12.7%) | 47/384 (12.2%) | 0.748 |
Non-manual employees | 10/172 (5.8%) | 19/128 (14.8%) | 29/300 (9.7%) | 0.009 |
Self-employed | 6/32 (18.8%) | 10/77 (13.0%) | 16/109 (14.7%) | 0.553 |
Missing data | 3/43 (7.0%) | 4/29 (13.8%) | 7/72 (9.7%) | 0.429 |