Predictors of death due to coronary heart disease or acute coronary syndrome in 6396 patients diagnosed with non-cardiac chest pain
| Covariates | CHD death or acute coronary syndrome (n = 194) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-adjusted* HR(95% CI) | p Value | Adjusted† HR(95% CI) | p Value | |
| CHD, coronary heart disease; ECG, electrocardiogram; SA, South Asians. | ||||
| *Age is univariable. | ||||
| †Adjusted for all variables in the table apart from history of hypertension, systolic blood pressure, current smoking, duration of symptoms and heart rate. | ||||
| Male sex | 1.41 (1.06 to 1.87) | 0.018 | 1.36 (1.02 to 1.81) | 0.033 |
| Age/10-year increase* | 1.47 (1.32 to 1.65) | <0.000 | 1.46 (1.29 to 1.64) | <0.000 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Black v white | 0.63 (0.35 to 1.12) | 0.000 | 0.58 (0.32 to 1.04) | 0.001 |
| SA v white | 1.73 (1.27 to 2.35) | 1.51 (1.10 to 2.08) | ||
| History of hypertension | 1.22 (0.91 to 1.65) | 0.189 | NA | NA |
| Systolic blood pressure | 1.00 (0.99 to 1.01) | 0.747 | NA | NA |
| Current smoking | 1.30 (0.95 to 1.80) | 0.111 | NA | NA |
| Diabetes v none | 2.49 (1.76 to 3.52) | <0.000 | 2.14 (1.49 to 3.09) | 0.000 |
| Symptoms | ||||
| Typical v non-specific | 2.03 (1.17 to 3.54) | 0.050 | 2.12 (1.21 to 3.70) | 0.040 |
| Atypical v non-specific | 1.04 (0.75 to 1.45) | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.49) | ||
| Duration of symptoms | 1.01 (0.76 to 1.35) | 0.931 | NA | NA |
| >1 month v ⩽1 month | ||||
| Heart rate, 10 beats/min | 0.97 (0.86 to 1.09) | 0.550 | NA | NA |
| Abnormal ECG result | 1.66 (1.14 to 2.42) | 0.012 | 1.62 (1.10 to 2.36) | 0.0188 |