Table 2.

Women's Awareness of Heart Disease by Race/Ethnicity Stratified by Age Group

	Whitea(n=1358)			Blackb(n=253)			Hispanicc(n=325)			Otherd(n=211)
	Age<55 years (n=586) %	Age≥55 years (n=764) %	p value	Age<55 years (n=141) %	Age≥55 years (n=112) %	p value	Age<55 years (n=231) %	Age≥55 years (n=93) %	p value	Age<55 years (n=130) %	Age≥55 years (n=80) %	p value
Aware heart disease/heart attack is LCOD in women	64b,c,d	66b,c,d	0.51	35a	42a	0.35	38a	39a	0.89	28a	47a	0.01
Very well or well informed about heart disease in women	41***	58	<0.0001	42***	55	0.11	29*,***	55	0.001	34	48	0.11
Doctor discussed heart disease	40	61**,***	<0.0001	43	74c,d,*	<0.0001	38	45b,*	0.39	41	48b	0.46
What signs do you associate with having a heart attack?
Chest pain	62	62c	0.63	59	55	0.63	57	43a	0.07	59	64**	0.97
Fatigue	7	8**	0.90	5	5*	0.66	5	5	0.96	8	18*,**,***	0.16
Nausea	17	18	0.55	11	8	0.64	11	12	0.60	14	15	0.58
Pain that spreads to shoulders/neck/arms	63b,c,d	62***	0.17	44a	52	0.61	48a	48*	0.69	35a,***	50	0.16
Shortness of breath	37	32	0.006	31	37	0.54	29	30	0.88	40	32	0.09
Tightness of chest	18**	17c	0.25	9*	10	0.70	14	6a	0.16	12	13	0.94
What is the first thing you would do if you thought you/someone you knew was having signs of a heart attack?
Call 911	70***	59	<0.0001	64***	70	0.31	79*,**	61	<0.0001	66***	54	0.19

n=10 participants missing age data omitted from this analysis.

p values denote differences between age groups within each race/ethnic stratum.

Superscript letters a,b,c and d denote statistically significant differences (p<0.0083 with Bonferroni correction) between race/ethnic group column percentages labeled with the corresponding letter.

^*p<0.05 for difference compared to white women within the same age group.

^**p<0.05 for difference compared to black women within the same age group.

^***p<0.05 for difference compared to Hispanic women within the same age group.

LCOD, leading cause of death.