Table 3 Occurrence (%) of symptoms and complaints in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients and the control population
From: Occurrence of symptoms and depressive mood among working-aged coronary heart disease patients
Angina pectoris | Controls | Myocardial infarction | Controls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 177–185 | N = 728–736 | N = 129–134 | N = 514–525 | |||
% | % | p | % | % | p | |
At least mild dyspnoea (Rose and Blackburn 1968) | 66.5 | 33.2 | <0.001 | 75.4 | 35.3 | <0.001 |
Chest pain during anger or emotion | ||||||
Almost daily | 12.2 | 1.0 | <0.001 | 16.3 | 0.8 | <0.001 |
Weekly | 12.8 | 2.5 | <0.001 | 16.3 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
Palpitation without physical exercise | ||||||
Almost daily | 14.1 | 3.4 | <0.001 | 20.8 | 3.5 | <0.001 |
Weekly | 15.3 | 5.2 | <0.001 | 16.9 | 5.4 | <0.001 |
Perspiration without physical exercise | ||||||
Almost daily | 22.7 | 9.7 | <0.001 | 26.0 | 11.0 | <0.001 |
Weekly | 18.2 | 10.2 | 0.003 | 16.8 | 8.3 | 0.001 |
Irregular heart beats | ||||||
Almost daily | 15.7 | 3.5 | <0.001 | 24.0 | 3.7 | <0.001 |
Weekly | 12.4 | 6.1 | 0.004 | 14.0 | 4.4 | <0.001 |
Depression (Beck ≥ 10) | 41.6 | 20.4 | <0.001 | 43.3 | 21.0 | <0.001 |
Sleeping hours ≤ 6 in a day | 16.8 | 10.3 | 0.015 | 19.4 | 10.1 | 0.003 |
Poor sleep usually | 25.0 | 15.4 | 0.002 | 32.1 | 13.0 | <0.001 |
Daytime sleepiness | ||||||
Almost daily | 33.2 | 11.2 | <0.001 | 32.1 | 14.9 | <0.001 |
Flushing | ||||||
Almost daily | 11.1 | 7.0 | 0.066 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 0.228 |
Weekly | 12.8 | 7.1 | 0.014 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 0.624 |
Trembling of hands | ||||||
Almost daily | 13.8 | 2.3 | <0.001 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 0.004 |
Weekly | 8.3 | 4.7 | 0.053 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 0.003 |
Trembling of voice | ||||||
Almost daily | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.030 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 0.002 |
Weekly | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.049 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.341 |
Jerking of muscles | ||||||
Almost daily | 13.7 | 2.7 | <0.001 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 0.001 |
Weekly | 11.5 | 2.7 | <0.001 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 0.011 |