Table 2.
OR | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|
Patients’ characteristics | ||
Patients’ gender (female = reference) | 2.49 | 1.52–4.09 |
Age (continuous), years | 1.02 | 1.01–1.03 |
⩽40 (Ref.) | Ref. | |
41–60 | 3.31 | 1.41–7.81 |
61–80 | 4.82 | 2.09–11.13 |
>80 | 3.54 | 1.26–9.91 |
CVD risk factors | ||
None | Ref. | |
1–2 | 3.38 | 1.55–7.36 |
⩾3 | 9.51 | 4.14–21.85 |
Unknown | 1.61 | 0.33–7.94 |
Mode of presentation | ||
Emergency consultation | 0.92 | 0.54–1.54 |
Chest pain is the main complaint | 1.35 | 0.84–2.20 |
Temporality of complaint | ||
New complaint | Ref. | |
Recent complaint under investigation | 0.8 | 0.34–1.88 |
Recurrent complaint | 1.27 | 0.77–2.10 |
Chest pain during consultation | 3.35 | 1.92–5.83 |
Chest pain intensity | ||
Weak | Ref. | |
Moderate | 2.05 | 0.9–4.69 |
Strong | 2.64 | 1.11–6.28 |
Presentation of angina | ||
Atypical (not retrosternal not triggered by effort) | Ref. | |
Sub-typical (either retrosternal or triggered by effort) | 2.24 | 0.94–5.34 |
Typical (retrosternal and triggered by effort) | 1.26 | 0.62–2.56 |
Clinical examination | ||
Clinical signs of anxiety | 1.00 | 0.60–1.67 |
Tachycardia | 2.79 | 1.14–6.82 |
Chest pain reproducible at palpation | 0.36 | 0.21–0.62 |
Physicians’ characteristics a | ||
Physicians’ gender (female = reference) | 0.61 | 0.34–1.09 |
Physician is worried about the pain | ||
No | Ref. | |
Does not know | 2.64 | 1.27–5.51 |
Yes | 4.77 | 2.74–8.3 |
Physicians’ experience (years) | ||
⩽5 | Ref. | |
6–10 | 0.51 | 0.23–1.14 |
11–15 | 0.57 | 0.26–1.27 |
16–20 | 0.46 | 0.22–0.97 |
>20 | 0.6 | 0.28–1.31 |
Practice in rural setting | 0.9 | 0.51–1.58 |
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; CVD: cardiovascular disease.
Analyses adjusted to cluster.