Characteristics of patients managed in each chest pain unit
| Characterstics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHD, coronary heart disease; CPU, chest pain units. | ||||||||
| Values are n/total and percentage (95% CI) unless otherwise specified. | ||||||||
| Mean age (years) | 47 (44 to 49) | 51 (50 to 52) | 55 (54 to 56) | 58 (56 to 60) | 45 (42 to 47) | 51 (48 to 55) | 53 (51 to 55) | 53 (52 to 54) |
| Male | 47/91 | 266/484 | 299/537 | 115/201 | 46/78 | 40/65 | 120/188 | 933/1644 |
| 52 (42 to 62) | 55 (50 to 59) | 56 (52 to 60) | 57(50 to 64) | 59(48 to 69) | 62(49 to 72) | 64(57 to 70) | 57 | |
| Known CHD | 2/87 | 24/461 | 131/534 | 35/194 | 0/72 | 0/62 | 15/183 | 207/1593 |
| 2 (0 to 8) | 5 (3 to 8) | 25 (21 to 29) | 18 (13 to 24) | 0 (0 to 5) | 0 (0 to 6) | 8 (5 to 13) | 13 (11 to 15) | |
| Diabetes | 5/90 | 17/468 | 56/522 | 11/192 | 1/67 | 4/63 | 8/179 | 102/1581 |
| 6 (2 to 12) | 4 (2 to 6) | 11 (8 to 14) | 6 (3 to 10) | 1 (0 to 8) | 6 (2 to 15) | 4 (2 to 9) | 6 (5 to 8) | |
| Hypertension | 11/86 | 129/461 | 191/521 | 70/192 | 9/69 | 14/62 | 55/177 | 479/15 68 |
| 13 (7 to 22) | 28 (24 to 32) | 37 (33 to 41) | 36 (30 to 43) | 13 (7 to 23) | 23 (14 to 34) | 31 (25 to 38) | 31 (28 to 34) | |
| Hyper-lipidaemia | 12/84 | 101/449 | 165/522 | 78/201 | 6/62 | 6/61 | 43/169 | 415/14 72 |
| 14 (8 to 23) | 23 (19 to 27) | 32 (28 to 36) | 39 (32 to 46) | 10 (5 to 20) | 10 (5 to 20) | 25 (19 to 33) | 28 (26 to 31) | |
| Smoker | 29/87 | 160/459 | 168/522 | 48/192 | 24/66 | 23/62 | 49/181 | 501/15 69 |
| 33 (24 to 44) | 35 (31 to 39) | 32 (28 to 36) | 25 (19 to 32) | 36 (26 to 48) | 37 (26 to 50) | 27 (21 to 34) | 32 (30 to 34) | |
| Family history of CHD | 25/68 | 197/426 | 269/513 | 73/174 | 24/64 | 24/54 | 56/174 | 668/14 739 |
| 37 (26 to 49) | 46 (42 to 51) | 52 (48 to 57) | 42 (35 to 49) | 38 (27 to 50) | 44 (32 to 58) | 32 (26 to 39) | 45 (43 to 48) | |