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Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2008 Jul 1;11(4):287–293. doi: 10.1007/s00737-008-0021-x

Table 3.

Symptom endorsement in men and women

	Entire Sample (N = 6371)			Low Risk Subsample (N = 2224)
Symptoms	Women (N = 1505) n (%)	Men (N = 4876) n (%)	Univariate Chi-square^a (df), p	Women (N = 555) n (%)	Men (N = 1669) n (%)	Univariate Chi-square^a (df), p
Heart Flutter	498 (33.2)	822 (16.9)	185.61 (1), p <0.001	138 (24.9)	175 (10.5)	71.22 (1), p < 0.001
Lightheaded	400 (26.6)	882 (18.1)	51.63 (1), p <0.001	123 (22.2)	204 (12.2)	32.87 (1), p < 0.001
Nausea	100 (6.6)	221 (4.5)	10.74 (1), p = 0.001	25 (4.50)	50 (3.00)	2.92 (1), p = 0.09
Short of breath	501 (33.3)	1121 (23.0)	64.34 (1), p <0.001	149 (26.8)	287 (17.2)	24.68 (1), p < 0.001
Chest pain/pressure	461 (30.6)	1266 (26.0)	12.63 (1), p <0.001	120 (21.6)	326 (19.5)	1.13 (1), p = 0.29
Burning chest pain	283 (18.8)	656 (13.5)	26.17 (1), p <0.001	71 (12.8)	170 (10.2)	2.92 (1), p = 0.09

^a

Chi-square evaluating frequency in men vs. women without adjusting for the frequency of other symptoms.