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Table 3 Patient profiles and advice for hospital admission based on ECG findings

From: Tele-ECG consulting and outcomes on primary care patients in a low-to-middle income population: the first experience from Makassar telemedicine program, Indonesia

Patient profiles

Normal ECG

(n = 253)

Abnormal ECGa

p-value

Ischemia

(n = 79)

Arrhythmia

(n = 119)

Structural changes (n = 26)

Others

(n = 28)

Advice for hospital admission (n = 88)

Symptom only

55 (21.7)

8 (10.1)

21 (17.6)

6 (23.1)

5 (17.9)

9 (10.2)

0.218

Symptom (+) with

1 risk factor

119 (47.0)

21(26.6)

57 (47.9)

8 (30.8)

11 (39.3)

27 (30.7)

0.010

Symptom (+) with

> 1 risk factors

51 (20.2)

46 (58.2)

39 (32.8)

11 (42.3)

10 (35.7)

48 (54.5)

< 0.001

Risk factors only

18 (7.1)

3 (3.8)

1 (0.8)

1 (3.8)

1 (3.6)

3 (3.4)

0.115

No symptom and no risk factor

10 (4.0)

1 (1.3)

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.6)

1 (1.1)

0.322

  1. Values are n (%). Comparison was performed using Pearson Chi-square test
  2. ECG electrocardiogram
  3. aCategorization based on dominated pattern presented on ECG