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Table 5 Correlation between the cardiovascular risk factors identified by nurses and physicians

From: Improving the performance of a triage scale for chest pain patients admitted to emergency departments: combining cardiovascular risk factors and electrocardiogram

Variable

Phycisians*

Nurses*

Cohen’s kappa

95% CI

Arterial hypertension

275

110

0.38

(0.31–0.45)

Hypercholesterolemia

201

78

0.31

(0.23–0.39)

Smoking

124

64

0.49

(0.39–0.58)

Cardiac history

110

66

0.55

(0.46–0.64)

Diabetes

70

34

0.55

(0.43–0.67)

Arteritis

18

8

0.37

(0.13–0.61)

Stroke/transient ischemic attack

14

7

0.56

(0.3–0.81)

End-stage kidney failure/dialysis

8

4

0.32

(0–0.67)

  1. *Value expressed as the number of patients