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Table 1 Basic characteristics of CHD patients, patients presenting with GI disease including GERD and with GERD

From: Heartburn or angina? Differentiating gastrointestinal disease in primary care patients presenting with chest pain: a cross sectional diagnostic study

Basic characteristics

Patients with CHD (n = 180)

Patients with GI disease (n = 71)

Patients with GERD (n = 42)

Mean age

(range)

69 years

(35 - 91 years)

58 years

(35 - 86 years)

58 years

(35 -86 years)

Sex - female patients - n (%)

88 (48.9)

47 (66.2)

25 (59.5)

Chest pain at the time of consultation - n (%)

56 (31.1)*

33 (47.1)*

15 (35.7)*

Known by the GP - n (%)

167 (92.8)

65 (91.5)

39 (92.9)

Chest pain as reason for consultation - n (%)

149 (82.8)

64 (90.1)

37 (88.1)

Acute chest pain (< 48 hours) - n (%)

51 (28.3)*

19 (27.9)*

7 (16.7)*

  1. * Slightly changing denominator because of missing data