Table 2 The effect of patient characteristics on the relative estimation medians for all responses.
From: Physicians' ability to predict the risk of coronary heart disease
Median Relative Estimation | Ranksum Test | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Factor | Present | Absent | pvalue |
Diabetes | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.0001 |
Hypertension | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.0000 |
Smoking | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.0000 |
Male sex | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.0000 |
Age >= 65 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.0000 |
Total cholesterol > 260 mg/dl | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.0000 |
HDL cholesterol <= 40 mg/dl | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.0000 |