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Table 5 Risk factor for cardiovascular disease/diagnosis (CVD)

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

Risk factor/Presentation

Number

n

CVD

N = 65

Non CVD

N = 102

RR for CVD

(95% CI)

Age > 50 years

78

44 (56)

34 (44)

2.1 (1.4–3.1)

Male

81

37 (45.7)

44 (54.3)

1.2 (0.9–1.8)

History of Diabetic Mellitus

16

13 (81.3)

3 (18.7)

2.2 (1.6–3.0)

History of heart disease

31

22 (71)

9 (29)

2.1 (1.5–2.8)

History of Hypertension

47

28 (59.5)

19 (40.5)

2.0 (1.4–2.8)

Difficulty in breathing

72

38 (52.8)

34 (47.2)

1.5 (1.1–2.2)

Heart beat awareness

16

13 (81.3)

3 (18.7)

2.3 (1.7–3.2)

Heart Rate < 60 beats/min

03

3 (100%)

2.6 (2.1–3.2)

MAP >110mmhg

54

32 (59)

22 (41)

2.0 (1.4–3.0)

Initial SBP ≥ 140/DBP ≥ 90mmhg

45

23 (51)

22 (49)

1.4 (0.9–6-2.)

Heart rate > 100 beats/min

63

23 (36.5)

40 (63.5)

0.8 (0.6–1.3)

Hypoxia (SPO2 < 94% RA)

26

9 (34.6)

17 (65.4)

0.8 (0.5–1.4)

  1. MAP mean arterial pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, mmhg millimetre of mercury, SPO2 saturation partial pressure of oxygen, RA room air, CI confidence interval