Table 3.
Chest pain characteristics according to the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease
| Characteristic | Total (n = 1,549) |
Men (n = 514) |
Women (n = 1,035) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-OCAD (n = 1,124) | OCAD (n = 425) | p valuea | Non-OCAD (n = 339) | OCAD (n = 175) | p valuea | Non-OCAD (n = 785) | OCAD (n = 250) | p valuea | |
| Pain quality | |||||||||
| Squeezing | 397 (35.3) | 171 (40.2) | 0.042 | 133 (39.2) | 74 (42.3) | 0.283 | 264 (33.6) | 97 (38.8) | 0.079 |
| Pressure | 292 (26.0) | 104 (24.5) | 0.295 | 89 (26.3) | 39 (22.3) | 0.190 | 203 (25.9) | 65 (26.0) | 0.513 |
| Stinging | 200 (17.8) | 61 (14.4) | 0.061 | 64 (18.9) | 29 (16.6) | 0.303 | 136 (17.3) | 32 (12.8) | 0.054 |
| Burning | 49 (4.4) | 19 (4.5) | 0.510 | 13 (3.8) | 7 (4.0) | 0.550 | 36 (4.6) | 12 (4.8) | 0.502 |
| Dull | 175 (15.6) | 62 (14.6) | 0.347 | 40 (11.8) | 19 (10.9) | 0.437 | 135 (17.2) | 43 (17.2) | 0.534 |
| Pain location | |||||||||
| Retrosternal | 566 (50.4) | 251 (59.1) | 0.001 | 157 (46.3) | 99 (56.6) | 0.017 | 409 (52.1) | 152 (60.8) | 0.010 |
| Left side of chest | 285 (25.4) | 83 (19.5) | 0.009 | 118 (34.8) | 42 (24.0) | 0.008 | 167 (21.3) | 41 (16.4) | 0.055 |
| Right side of chest | 36 (3.2) | 11 (2.6) | 0.329 | 12 (3.5) | 5 (2.9) | 0.451 | 24 (3.1) | 6 (2.4) | 0.386 |
| Epigastric | 237 (21.1) | 80 (18.8) | 0.181 | 52 (15.3) | 29 (16.6) | 0.404 | 185 (23.6) | 51 (20.4) | 0.171 |
| Pain duration | |||||||||
| < 5 min | 518 (46.1) | 201 (47.3) | 0.356 | 152 (44.8) | 97 (55.4) | 0.014 | 366 (46.6) | 104 (41.6) | 0.094 |
| 5–15 min | 206 (18.3) | 75 (17.6) | 0.409 | 70 (20.6) | 29 (16.6) | 0.160 | 136 (17.3) | 46 (18.4) | 0.381 |
| 15 min–1 hr | 112 (10.0) | 47 (11.1) | 0.292 | 39 (11.5) | 16 (9.1) | 0.254 | 73 (9.3) | 31 (12.4) | 0.099 |
| > 1 hr | 288 (25.6) | 102 (24.0) | 0.278 | 78 (23.0) | 33 (18.9) | 0.166 | 210 (26.8) | 69 (27.6) | 0.426 |
| Aggravating factors | |||||||||
| Exercise | 274 (24.4) | 175 (41.2) | < 0.001 | 91 (26.8) | 70 (40.0) | 0.002 | 183 (23.3) | 105 (42.0) | < 0.001 |
| Meal | 26 (2.3) | 9 (2.1) | 0.495 | 8 (2.4) | 4 (2.3) | 0.612 | 18 (2.3) | 5 (2.0) | 0.506 |
| Stress | 104 (9.3) | 18 (4.2) | < 0.001 | 26 (7.7) | 10 (5.7) | 0.264 | 78 (9.9) | 8 (3.2) | < 0.001 |
| Low temperature | 19 (1.7) | 13 (3.1) | 0.072 | 5 (1.5) | 6 (3.4) | 0.131 | 14 (1.8) | 7 (2.8) | 0.225 |
| Alcohol | 7 (0.6) | 3 (0.7) | 0.547 | 4 (1.2) | 2 (1.1) | 0.667 | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 0.670 |
| Location of radiating pain | |||||||||
| Left arm | 93 (8.3) | 35 (8.2) | 0.536 | 24 (7.1) | 13 (7.4) | 0.507 | 69 (8.8) | 22 (8.8) | 0.542 |
| Right arm | 32 (2.8) | 10 (2.4) | 0.368 | 5 (1.5) | 4 (2.3) | 0.367 | 27 (3.4) | 6 (2.4) | 0.279 |
| Neck | 70 (6.2) | 29 (6.8) | 0.373 | 21 (6.2) | 11 (6.3) | 0.553 | 49 (6.2) | 18 (7.2) | 0.342 |
| Back | 112 (10.0) | 36 (8.5) | 0.214 | 21 (6.2) | 8 (4.6) | 0.295 | 91 (11.6) | 28 (11.2) | 0.484 |
| Associated symptoms | |||||||||
| Palpitation | 142 (12.6) | 26 (6.1) | < 0.001 | 35 (10.3) | 8 (4.6) | 0.016 | 107 (13.6) | 18 (7.2) | 0.003 |
| Dizziness | 138 (12.3) | 26 (6.1) | < 0.001 | 42 (12.4) | 13 (7.4) | 0.055 | 96 (12.2) | 13 (5.2) | 0.001 |
| Syncope | 21 (1.9) | 6 (1.4) | 0.357 | 7 (2.1) | 2 (1.1) | 0.358 | 14 (1.8) | 4 (1.6) | 0.552 |
| Dyspnea | 263 (23.4) | 106 (24.9) | 0.283 | 66 (19.5) | 49 (28.0) | 0.019 | 197 (25.1) | 57 (22.8) | 0.259 |
| Headache | 66 (5.9) | 22 (5.2) | 0.348 | 11 (3.2) | 8 (4.6) | 0.300 | 55 (7.0) | 14 (5.6) | 0.269 |
Values are presented as number (%).
OCAD, obstructive coronary artery disease.
a
The result of chi-square test between men and women.