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Table 6 Patients with positive exercise tests by age, gender, cardiovascular events and referral to cardiologic evaluation

From: Use of exercise tests in primary care: importance for referral decisions and possible bias in the decision process; a prospective observational study

Age

Exercise test positive

Referred to cardiologist (%); mean (SD) n = 37

Not referred to cardiologist (%); mean (SD) n = 18

P*

Age in years, mean (SD)

65.7 (10.5)

70.9 (7.0)

0.058

Female gender

11 (29.7%)

8 (44.4%)

0.368

Any cardiovascular event

21 (56.8%)

4 (22.2%)

0.022

 Revascularisation

17 (45.9%)

2 (11.1%)

0.015

 Myocardial infarction, hospitalisation for

1 (2.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1.000

 Unstable angina, hospitalisation for

9 (24.3%)

1 (5.6%)

0.140

 Cardiovascular death

0 (0.0%)

1 (5.6%)

0.327

  1. Fifty-five primary care patients with positive exercise tests, out of 865 patients examined. SD = standard deviation. *Fisher's exact test (two-sided) or Student's t-test, as applicable.