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Published in final edited form as: Am J Crit Care. 2010 Jan;19(1):63–73. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2010372

Table 6.

Significant Differences in Frequency of Women’s Acute Symptoms by Race

	Black	Hispanic	White	Raw p-value	Adjusted p-value^*
	(N=545) No. (%)	(N=186) No. (%)	(N=539) No. (%)
Generalized symptoms
Unusual fatigue	277 (50.8)^{a b}	109 (58.6)^a	227 (42.1)^b	<0.001	0.003
Dizzy or faint	269 (49.4)	76 (40.9)	214 (39.7)	0.004	0.028
Hot, flushed	252 (46.2)^a	51 (27.4)^b	173 (32.1)^b	<0.001	<0.001
Indigestion	224 (41.1)^a	48 (25.8)^b	154 (28.6)^b	<0.001	<0.001
Heart racing	194 (35.6)^a	67 (36.0)^{a b}	125 (23.2)^b	<0.001	0.005
Numbness in hands/fingers	149 (27.3)^a	50 (26.9)^{a b}	97 (18.0)^b	<0.001	0.007
Vomiting	149 (27.3)^a	42 (22.6)^{a b}	101 (18.7)^b	0.004	0.014
Loss of appetite	145 (26.6)	53 (28.5)	106 (19.7)	0.008	0.076
New vision problems	145 (26.6)^a	37 (19.9)^{a b}	77 (14.3)^b	<0.001	<0.001
Headache	125 (22.9)^{a b}	50 (26.9)^a	80 (14.8)^b	<0.001	0.005
Coughing	89 (16.3)^a	36 (19.4)^a	52 (9.6)^b	<0.001	0.002
Choking sensation	83 (15.2)	34 (18.3)	50 (9.3)	0.001	0.016
Discomfort/pain symptoms
Centered high in chest	177 (32.5)^b	87 (46.8)^a	166 (30.8)^b	<0.001	<0.001
Left breast	133 (24.4)^a	44 (23.7)^{a b}	73 (13.5)^b	<0.001	<0.001
Back/between shoulder blades	84 (15.4)^c	70 (37.6)^a	112 (20.8)^b	<0.001	<0.001
Neck/throat	71 (13.0)^b	44 (23.7)^a	87 (16.1)^b	0.003	0.001
Generalized chest	70 (12.8)^b	41 (22.0)^{a b}	110 (20.4)^a	0.001	0.003
Leg(s)	40 (7.3)^a	27 (14.5)^a	9 (1.7)^b	<0.001	<0.001
Both arms	38 (7.0)^b	34 (18.3)^a	77 (14.3)^a	<0.001	<0.001
Top of shoulders	36 (6.6)^b	33 (17.7)^a	57 (10.6)^{a b}	<0.001	<0.001
Right arm or shoulder	34 (6.2)^b	24 (12.9)^a	25 (4.6)^b	<0.001	0.001
Jaw/teeth	26 (4.8)^c	36 (19.4)^a	54 (10.0)^b	<0.001	<0.001

Note: Values with same superscript letter indicate non-significant post hoc difference. Bonferroni adjusted (p ≤ 0.003).

Adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors listed in Table 1.