Research Article
High Perceived Stress Predicts Worse Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease
Table 2
Cardiovascular events during follow-up.
| Endpoints, (%) | NHPS group () | HPS group () | Total | value |
| Rehospitalization† | 126 (7.4%) | 55 (10.5%) | 181 | 0.025 | Unplanned revascularization | 93 (5.5%) | 36 (6.8%) | 129 | 0.237 | Myocardial infarction | 11 (0.6%) | 1 (0.2%) | 12 | 0.315 | Death | 7 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | 8 | 0.689 | Stroke | 2 (0.1%) | 5 (0.9%) | 7 | 0.010 | Total | 239 (14.1%) | 98 (18.7%) | 337 | 0.009 |
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†Rehospitalization refers to rehospitalization due to worsening angina. HPS: high perceived stress; NHPS: nonhigh perceived stress. . |