From: Gender bias revisited: new insights on the differential management of chest pain
GP assumption/procedure initiated by GP during index consultation | |||
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Patients presenting with chest pain (n = 1249) | |||
Women (n = 701) | Men (n = 548) | p-value | |
GP assumes CHD being the cause of chest pain - n(%) | 126 (18.0) | 119 (21.7) | 0.10 |
Exercise test - n (%) | 29 (4.1) | 40 (7.3) | 0.02 |
Referral cardiologist - n (%) | 77 (11.0) | 67 (12.2) | 0.50 |
Exercise test or referral cardiologist - n (%) | 104 (14.8) | 104 (19.0) | 0.05 |
GP assumes ACS being the cause of chest pain - n(%) | 24 (3.4) | 20 (3.6) | 0.83 |
Hospital admission - n (%) | 20 (2.9) | 36 (6.6) | < 0.01 |