Table 4 Analysis of adverse cardiac outcome against demographic and cardiac risk factors
From: Retrospective study of elderly frequent attenders presenting with chest pain at emergency department
| Â | Adverse cardiac outcome | Pvalue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (n = 121) | Positive (n = 37) | ||||
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 51 |  | 16 |  | 0.45 |
 Female | 70 |  | 21 |  |  |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Chinese | 100 | 82.6% (0.75 to 0.88) | 27 | 73% (0.57 to 0.85) |  |
 Malay | 7 | 5.8% (0.03 to 0.12) | 6 | 16.2% (0.07 to 0.32) |  |
 Indian | 10 | 8.3% (0.04 to 0.15) | 4 | 10.8% (0.04 to 0.25) |  |
 Other | 4 | 3.3% (0.01 to 0.08) | 0 | 0% (0 to 0.11) |  |
Risk factors | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Hypertension | 110 | 90.9% (0.84 to 0.95) | 36 | 97.3% (0.85 to 0.99) |  |
 CAD | 101 | 83.5% (0.76 to 0.89) | 34 | 91.9% (0.78 to 0.98) |  |
 Hyperlipidemia | 76 | 62.8% (0.54 to 0.71) | 27 | 73.0% (0.57 to 0.85) |  |
 Diabetes | 57 | 47.1% (0.38 to 0.56) | 21 | 56.8% (0.41 to 0.71) |  |
 Smoking | 34 | 28.1% (0.21 to 0.37) | 8 | 21.6% (0.11 to 0.37) |  |
 ≥2 risk factors | 110 | 90.9% (0.84 to 0.95) | 37 | 100% (0.88 to 1) | 0.0572 |