Table 5: Selected patients’ medical and lifestyle history according to emergency room disposition.
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Location: n (%) |
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Variable |
Discharged against medical advice |
Home |
Ward |
Total |
p-value |
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Current smoker |
3 (2.3) |
44 (14.4) |
82 (63.6) |
129 (13.1) |
0.702 |
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Diabetes mellitus |
9 (34.6) |
43 (14.1) |
276 (42.2) |
328 (33.3) |
≤ 0.001 |
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Hypertension |
7 (26.9) |
67 (22.0) |
364 (55.7) |
438 (44.5) |
≤ 0.001 |
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Abdominal obesity |
0 (0.0) |
3 (1.0) |
3 (0.5) |
6 (0.6) |
0.574 |
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Stressful life |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
2 (0.3) |
2 (0.2) |
0.602 |
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Alcohol |
2 (7.7) |
28 (9.2) |
46 (7.0) |
76 (7.7) |
0.502 |
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Family history of heart disease |
0 (0.0) |
3 (1.0) |
1 (0.2) |
4 (0.4) |
0.975 |
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Hypercholesterolaemia |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
9 (1.4) |
9 (0.9) |
0.101 |
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Ischaemic heart disease |
4 (15.4) |
17 (5.6) |
227 (34.7) |
248 (25.2) |
≤ 0.001 |
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Previous heart attack |
2 (7.7) |
2 (0.7) |
59 (9.0) |
63 (6.4) |
≤ 0.001 |
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*Does not add to total due to multiple factors