Table 3.

Relationship Between Education and Selected Prognostic Factors

Predictor	Patients With Grade 1-8 Education		Patients With Grade 9-11 Education		Patients Who Graduated High School		Patients With Some College Education		Patients Who Graduated College		Total Patients		P
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Sex													.0002
Male	156	15	191	18	326	31	219	21	155	15	1,047	66
Female	50	9	93	18	198	37	136	26	53	10	530	34
Race													< .0001
White	151	11	226	17	469	35	304	23	181	14	1,331	84
Black	29	17	47	28	40	24	38	23	14	8	168	11
Hispanic	17	43	5	13	9	23	4	10	5	13	40	3
Other	9	24	6	16	6	16	9	24	8	21	38	2
Age group, years													.0048
< 50	7	4	35	19	66	37	54	30	18	10	180	11
50-59	54	13	80	19	144	34	95	22	52	12	425	27
60-69	83	13	110	18	207	33	136	22	83	13	619	39
> 69	62	18	59	17	107	30	70	20	55	16	353	22
Performance status													.0080
0	62	10	106	17	196	32	144	24	101	17	609	39
1	128	16	144	18	277	34	178	22	93	11	820	52
2	16	11	34	23	51	34	33	22	14	9	148	9
Chest pain													.0097
No	123	11	190	18	354	33	248	23	158	15	1,073	68
Yes	83	16	94	19	170	34	107	21	50	10	504	32