Use of exercise tests in primary care: importance for referral decisions and possible bias in the decision process; a prospective observational study.

BMC Fam Pract · 2014 · PMC4276015 · PMID 25433410

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close to significancep = 0.053so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Among employed participants, the OR for referral of women, compared to men, was close to significance (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.33-1.01; p = 0.053) after adjustment for exercise test result, exertional chest pain, and age (employed participants are patients with SEI classification 11–57 for manual workers and non-manual employees, Additional file 1 ).

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borderline significantno p-value reported

Among employed patients, the difference in ORs for referral between men and women was borderline significant (OR 1.73, 95% CI 0.99-3.01).

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close to the level of significanceno p-value reported

Some of our findings are close to the level of significance or are based on small numbers.

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