Table 3.

Percentage of respondents with presumed affirmative answers by AAPQ item and referral type, NHANES 2001–2004

	Referral Type
	Section 1 alone	Section 2 Alone	Both Sections
N	619	723	5054
% of total	12.7 (11.4–14.1)	11.2 (9.9–12.4)	70.7 (68.4–72.9)
% of referrals	13.5 (12.0–15.0)	11.8 (10.4–13.2)	74.7 (72.6–76.9)
Section 1
History items
Heart attack	1.4 (0.8–1.9)	-	7.9 (6.8–9.0)
Coronary heart disease	2.0 (1.0–2.9)	-	7.9 (6.7–9.1)
Congestive heart failure	0.4 (0.1–0.7)	-	5.3 (4.5–6.1)
Symptom items
Chest pain (exertion)	5.3 (3.0–7.6)	-	14.3 (12.3–16.3)
Breathlessness	23.8 (19.9–27.8)	-	47.9 (45.0–50.9)
Dizziness/fainting	22.0 (18.0–25.9)	-	30.3 (27.8–32.8)
Heart medication	10.2 (7.6–12.8)	-	50.3 (47.7–52.8)
Health issue items
Diabetes	5.2 (3.7–6.6)	-	16.5 (15.0–18.1)
Asthma/lung disease	17.5 (13.7–21.3)	-	20.3 (18.5–22.1)
Lower leg pain	9.2 (6.2–12.3)	-	17.4 (15.9–18.9)
Musculoskeletal problems	31.0 (26.5–35.6)	-	44.5 (42.0–46.9)
Prescription medications	76.6 (72.4–80.7)	-	83.7 (82.2–85.2)
Section 2
Age (45 male/55 female)	-	67.0 (62.9–71.1)	82.5 (80.8–84.2)
Smoking	-	33.5 (29.4–37.6)	27.5 (25.6–29.4)
High blood pressure	-	10.5 (7.1–13.9)	52.2 (49.9–54.5)
Unknown blood pressure	-	1.7 (0.4–2.9)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)
Blood pressure meds	-	0.7 (0.0–1.4)	41.0 (38.6–43.4)
High cholesterol	-	21.8 (16.9–26.7)	47.3 (44.4–50.1)
Unknown cholesterol	-	45.7 (41.1–50.2)	15.5 (13.8–17.1)
Family history	-	11.1 (8.4–13.8)	13.9 (12.5–15.4)
Inactivity	-	34.5 (29.1–39.9)	37.2 (34.8–39.6)
Overweight	-	47.1 (39.8–54.3)	50.5 (48.9–52.0)

Values are weighted % (95% confidence interval) except for “N” which is un-weighted count