Michael McKee|Paul Winters|Kevin Fiscella
Low Education as a Risk Factor for Undiagnosed Angina
University of Rochester|University of Rochester|University of Rochester
early awareness recognition treatment angina help prevent delay acute myocardial infarction potentially delay death patients educational level may affect physicians diagnosis angina andor patients symptom recognition objective study determine whether low education risk factor undiagnosed anginathis crosssectional observational study based data national health nutrition examination survey 2001 2008 providing nationally representative sample adults 40 years age angina based physician diagnosis presence angina symptoms based rose questionnaire educational attainment high school less vs high school independent variable interest undiagnosed angina angina symptoms absence angina diagnosis dependent variable used logistic regression control age sex raceethnicity income health care visit past yearlow education associated undiagnosed angina odds ratio 143 95 confidence interval 101203 undiagnosed angina predictors included female black health care visit past yearlow education associated undiagnosed angina results underscore need providers ask angina symptoms confirm patients understanding angina diagnosis among low education