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. 2010 Nov 2;33(3):430–438. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq093

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics in each chest pain type comparing South Asian and White participants

Ethnic group Whole cohort No chest pain Non-exertional chest pain Exertional chest pain Typical angina Pfor trend across chestpain types
n South Asian 580 312 134 73 58
White 9195 5444 2619 587 534
Age in years, mean (SD) South Asian 45.65 (5.7) 45.26 (6.0) 45.71 (5.3) 46.14 (5.7) 47.14 (5.0) 0.115
White 44.31 (6.1) 44.36 (6.1) 43.77 (5.9) 44.70 (6.2) 45.90 (6.1) <0.001
Men South Asian 357 (61.6) 183 (41.3) 100 (74.6) 45 (61.6) 27 (46.6) 0.482
White 6309 (68.6) 3591 (66.0) 2019 (77.1) 387 (65.9) 308 (57.7) 0.726
Ex/current smoker South Asian 190 (33.0) 96 (31.2) 50 (37.6) 28 (38.4) 16 (27.6) 0.758
White 4767 (52.3) 2700 (50.1) 1425 (54.8) 334 (57.3) 300 (56.9) <0.001
Hypertensive South Asian 70 (12.1) 32 (10.3) 11 (8.2) 10 (13.7) 16 (27.6) 0.002
White 714 (7.8) 410 (7.5) 168 (6.4) 52 (8.9) 83 (15.5) <0.001
Cholesterol, mean (SD) in mmol/l South Asian 5.96 (1.2) 5.90 (1.2) 5.94 (1.2) 5.95 (1.2) 6.39 (1.5) 0.052
White 5.97 (1.2) 5.94 (1.2) 5.94 (1.1) 6.09 (1.2) 6.19 (1.2) <0.001
Hyperglycaemic
 Diabetic South Asian 22 (3.8) 9 (2.9) 6 (4.6) 4 (5.5) 2 (3.5) 0.464
White 61 (0.7) 38 (0.7) 14 (0.5) 3 (0.5) 6 (1.1) 0.737
 Impaired glucose tolerance South Asian 46 (7.9) 25 (8.0) 9 (6.7) 7 (9.6) 5 (8.6) 0.784
White 561 (6.1) 327 (6.0) 157 (6.0) 37 (6.3) 40 (7.5) 0.27
Metabolic syndrome South Asian 66 (15.9) 34 (15.9) 15 (14.7) 6 (11.8) 11 (23.4) 0.516
White 754 (10.6) 391 (9.5) 214 (10.1) 76 (16.2) 73 (17.0) <0.001
BMI, mean (SD) South Asian 24.44 (3.3) 24.26 (3.4) 24.64 (3.1) 24.49 (2.9) 24.84 (3.7) 0.537
White 24.55 (3.5) 24.42 (3.4) 24.46 (3.2) 25.16 (4.0) 25.65 (4.0) <0.001
Living with partner South Asian 487 (84.3) 256 (82.6) 118 (88.1) 61 (83.6) 50 (86.2) 0.424
White 6766 (73.8) 3995 (73.6) 1987 (76.2) 403 (69.0) 375 (70.4) 0.146
Family history South Asian 227 (39.1) 115 (36.9) 52 (38.8) 32 (43.8) 27 (46.6) 0.106
White 3599 (39.1) 2060 (37.8) 1029 (39.3) 247 (42.1) 259 (48.5) <0.001
Employment grade, low South Asian 290 (50.0) 158 (50.6) 55 (41.0) 43 (58.9) 32 (55.2) 0.514
White 1733 (18.8) 1095 (20.1) 377 (14.4) 124 (21.1) 128 (24.9) 0.703

The categories of chest pain total 9184 White and 577 South Asian participants who had data on chest pain at Phase 1. The whole cohort comprises the 9195 White participants at Phase 1 and the 580 South Asian participants. Data are n (%) unless otherwise specified. Test for trend is age adjusted.