Table 3.

Univariate association between independent variables and the advice of the cardiologist: follow-up in hospital care setting after PC+

Independent variables	Advice of the cardiologist: follow-up in hospital care setting after PC+A
	OR	95% CI	P-value
GenderB*	1.694	1.332–2.155	< .001
AgeC*	1.352	1.236–2.478	< .001
Referral indication
Atypical chest pain*	0.683	0.533–0.876	.003
Dyspnoea*	1.667	1.206–2.304	.002
Heart palpitations *	0.581	0.386–0.875	.009
Abnormal ECG*	1.477	0.952–2.291	.082
Cardiac screening*	0.650	0.380–1.109	.114
Reduced exercise capacity	0.795	0.429–1.474	.466
Collapse	0.919	0.491–1.718	.791
Stable Angina Pectoris*	5.000	2.885–8.666	< .001
Suspected arrhythmia	0.765	0.312–1.874	.558
Suspected heart failure*	1.860	0.882–3.920	.103
Heart murmur	0.631	0.215–1.849	.401
Suspected coronary sclerosis	2.017	0.728–5.588	.177
Analyses of atrial fibrillation	2.236	0.627–7.967	.215
Reason for referral
To exclude disease*	0.477	0.365–0.623	< .001
Screening of unclear pathology*	2.368	1.633–3.435	< .001
To confirm disease *	4.786	3.006–7.618	< .001
To reassure the patient*	0.149	0.047–0.477	.001
Checking the unknown*	2.400	1.135–5.075	.022
Upon patient request	0.367	0.085–1.588	.180
Upon specialist advice or request	0.666	0.077–5.715	.711

Note: ^A The advice was coded as: 0 = Follow-up in primary care setting, 1 = Follow-up in hospital care setting setting; ^B Gender was coded as 0 = female and 1 = male; ^C Age was rescaled such that one unit is equal to ten years; * Selected variable for multivariable logistic regression analyses. Predictor with a p < .15