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Table 4 Awareness of heart disease in association with emirate, age and education levels

From: Exploratory study into awareness of heart disease and health care seeking behavior among Emirati women (UAE) - Cross sectional descriptive study

 

Awareness about Heart Disease/risk factors

p-value

No

Yes

n

%

n

%

Emirate

Abu Dhabi

245

45

38

29

0.004*

Dubai

218

40

74

56.5

Sharjah

42

7.7

9

6.9

Other

40

7.3

10

7.6

Age

18–45 Years

534

98

124

94.7

0.034*

46–55 Years

11

2

7

5.3

Education

High school

63

11.6

16

12.2

0.417

Undergraduate

449

82.5

103

78.6

Graduate or above

33

6.1

12

9.2

  1. *p < 0.05 considered significant using Pearson chi square test