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Table 4 Correlation between awareness of all five HAS and participants demographic

From: Development of questionnaire on awareness and action towards symptoms and risk factors of heart attack and stroke among a Malaysian population

Parameters

N

Awareness of all five HAS

Mean Rank

Awareness of all five HAS

Median

P-value

Gender

 Male

52

48.69

4

0.87

 Female

44

48.27

3

Age

 18–25

33

46.45

1

0.60

 26–35

24

49.00

2

 36–45

18

47.67

1

 46–55

9

50.33

1

 56–64

12

53.00

2

Marital status

 Single

51

45.94

1

0.033

 Married

45

51.40

6

Race

 Malay

74

48.24

5

0.35

 Chinese

16

48.00

1

 Indians

3

45.00

0

 Others

3

61.00

1

Education

 Lower school

7

50.14

1

0.07

 High school

49

44.45

1

 Undergraduate

12

51.25

2

 Diploma

18

46.08

1

 Master

7

56.79

1

 PHD

Employment

 House wife

2

45.00

0

0.194

 Employed

59

48.25

4

 Self-employed

13

45.00

0

 Unemployed

3

45.00

0

 Students

13

48.69

1

 Retired

6

61.00

2

Monthly income

 Less than 500 US

66

47.91

4

0.043

 500–1000 US

17

45.00

0

 1000–1500 US

13

56.08

3

Know someone have past heart attack

 Yes

89

51.72

6

0.009

 No

7

45.00

1

Diabetes

 Yes

11

58.09

3

0.007

 No

85

47.26

4

Dyslipidemia

 Yes

15

57.80

4

0.002

 No

81

46.78

3

  1. HAS heart attack symptoms
  2. Values in bold are statistically significant