Table 3.

Multivariate analyses at 12 months.

	OR	95% CI	p value
Unadjusted patient gender (female = reference)	2.49	1.52–4.09	<0.0001
Adjusted to patients’ age and cardiovascular risk factors	2.30	1.37–3.86	0.002
Adjusted to chest pain presentation	2.22	1.30–3.78	0.004
Adjusted to clinical examination	2.36	1.42–3.92	0.001
Adjusted to primary care physicians’ characteristicsa	2.78	1.62–4.78	<0.0001
Adjusted to all variables above	2.43	1.29–4.58	0.006
Adjusted to significant variable in the univariate modelsb	2.07	1.18–3.65	0.01

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

^aExcept for 22 residents.

^bAge, CVD risk factors, chest pain during the consultation, chest pain intensity, tachycardia, and physicians worried about the pain.