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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2019 Sep 11;19(2):142–154. doi: 10.1177/1474515119871734

Table 6.

Activity for abrupt symptom onset group by sex and diagnosis (n=246).

Activity at symptom onset UA Women (n=76)
p Value UA Men (n=170)
p Value
NSTEMI STEMI NSTEMI STEMI
Rest 0.53 0.21
Yes 0 (0.00) 10 (29.41) 2 (20.00) 7 (25.00) 14 (19.44) 4 (9.52)
No 16 (100) 24 (70.59) 8 (80.00) 21 (75.00) 58 (80.56) 38 (90.48)
Sleep 0.15 0.68
Yes 1 (5.88) 10 (22.73) 5 (33.33) 6 (17.65) 16 (18.18) 6 (12.50)
No 16 (94.12) 34 (77.27) 10 (66.67) 28 (82.35) 72 (81.82) 42 (87.50)
Sitting 0.24 0.81
Yes 6 (35.29) 8 (18.18) 2 (13.33) 7 (20.59) 23 (26.14) 12 (25.00)
No 11 (64.71) 36 (81.82) 13 (86.67) 27 (79.41) 65 (73.86) 36 (75.00)
Exertion 0.30 0.046
Yes 8 (47.06) 12 (27.27) 6 (40.00) 12 (35.29) 29 (32.95) 26 (54.17)
No 9 (52.94) 32 (72.73) 9 (60.00) 22 (64.71) 59 (76.05) 22 (45.83)
Emotional stress 0.42 0.187
Yes 2 (11.76) 4 (9.09) 0 (0.00) 2 (5.88) 6 (6.82) 0 (0.00)
No 15 (88.24) 40 (90.91) 15 (100.) 32 (94.12) 82 (93.18) 48 (100)

NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; UA: unstable angina.

Statistically significant values are bolded.