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Table 2 Acute coronary syndrome by ethnicity

From: Ethnic differences in the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome: results of the Malaysian National Cardiovascular Disease (NCVD) Database Registry (March 2006 - February 2010)

ACS stratum

Ethnic group

 

χ2‡

df#

 P§

 

Malays

Chinese

Indians

Others*

   

STEMI**

3443(51.7)

1286(42.1)

1221(38.8)

420(58.3)

244

6

0.000

NSTEMI***

1762(26.5)

899(29.4)

972(30.9)

203(28.2)

   

UA****

1451(21.8)

868(28.4)

952(30.3)

97(13.50)

   
  1. *Others: Indigenous (Orang Asli), Kadazan, Melanau, Murut, Bajau, Bidayuh, Iban (minor ethnic groups) and other non-Malaysians.
  2. **STEMI: ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
  3. ***NSTEMI: Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
  4. ****UA: Unstable Angina.
  5. ‡Chi square value.
  6. #Degree of freedom.
  7. §P value.
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