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Table 3 Final hospital diagnoses

From: Non-traumatic chest pain in patients presenting to an urban emergency Department in sub Saharan Africa: a prospective cohort study in Tanzania

No

Final Diagnosis

Overall

N = 167

n (%)

Alive

N = 151

n (%)

Died

N = 16

n (%)

Relative Risk

(95%CI)

1.

Heart failure

21 (12.6)

17 (11.3)

4 (25)

2.3 (0.8–6.5)

2.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

21 (12.6)

21 (14)

0.2 (0.01–3.3)

3.

Chronic kidney disease

17 (10)

14 (9.3)

3 (18.8)

2.0 (0.6–6.4)

4.

Acute coronary syndrome

16 (9.6)

10 (6.6)

6 (37.5)

5.7 (2.4–13.5)

5.

Pneumonia

13 (7.8)

13 (8.6)

0.3 (0.02–5.3)

6.

Lungs Cancer

9 (5.4)

7 (4.6)

2 (12.5)

2.5 (0.7–9.4)

7.

PUD/GERD/Gastritis

9 (5.4)

9 (6)

 

0.5 (0.03–7.5)

8.

COPD

6 (3.6)

6 (4)

0.7 (0.05–10.5)

9.

Cardiomyopathy

6 (3.6)

6 (4)

0.7 (0.05–10.5)

10.

Hypertensive heart disease

6 (3.6)

5 (3.3)

1 (6.3)

1.8 (0.3–11.4)

11.

Others

43 (26)

43 (28.5)

 
  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PUD peptic ulcer disease, GERD gastro-esophageal reflux disease