Table 5.
Activity at symptom onset by symptom onset group and diagnosis (n=468).
| Activity at symptom onset | UA | Abrupt symptom onset (n=261, 55.77%) |
p Value | UA | Gradual symptom onset (n=207, 44.23%) |
p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSTEMI | STEMI | NSTEMI | STEMI | |||||
| Rest | 0.21 | 0.15 | ||||||
| Yes | 7 (15.91) | 24 (22.64) | 6 (11.54) | 6 (15.00) | 19 (22.62) | 3 (8.33) | ||
| No | 37 (84.09) | 82 (77.36) | 46 (88.46) | 34 (85.00) | 65 (77.38) | 33 (91.67) | ||
| Sleep | 0.63 | 0.18 | ||||||
| Yes | 7 (13.73) | 26 (19.70) | 11 (17.46) | 2 (4.76) | 8 (8.70) | 7 (16.28) | ||
| No | 44 (86.27) | 106 (80.30) | 52 (82.54) | 40 (95.24) | 84 (91.30) | 36 (83.72) | ||
| Sitting | 0.91 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Yes | 13 (25.49) | 31 (23.48) | 14 (22.22) | 6 (14.29) | 32 (34.78) | 12 (27.91) | ||
| No | 38 (74.51) | 101 (76.52) | 49 (77.78) | 36 (85.71) | 60 (65.22) | 31 (72.09) | ||
| Exertion | 0.028 | 0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 20 (39.22) | 41 (31.06) | 32 (50.79) | 27 (64.29) | 28 (30.43) | 20 (46.51) | ||
| No | 31 (60.78) | 91 (68.94) | 31 (49.21) | 15 (35.71) | 64 (69.57) | 23 (53.49) | ||
| Emotional stress | 0.07 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Yes | 4 (7.84) | 10 (7.58) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.38) | 5 (5.43) | 1 (2.33) | ||
| No | 47 (92.16) | 122 (92.42) | 63 (100) | 41 (97.62) | 87 (94.57) | 42 (97.67) | ||
NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; UA: unstable angina.
Statistically significant values are bolded.