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.
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. kerrymilner@aol.com
Kerry A
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Milner
Viola
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Vaccarino
Amy L
AL
Arnold
Marjorie
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Funk
Robert J
RJ
Goldberg
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