Gender and age differences in chief complaints of acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study).
We examined gender and age differences for chief symptom complaints in a population-based sample of 881 women (43%) and 1,192 men (57%) hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Women, in particular older women, were less likely than men to have a chief complaint of chest pain associated with AMI. Overall, a large proportion of women and men whose AMI was ultimately diagnosed did not present with chest pain as their chief complaint.
Milner
Kerry A
KA
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. kerrymilner@aol.com
Vaccarino
Viola
V
Arnold
Amy L
AL
Funk
Marjorie
M
Goldberg
Robert J
RJ
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors