Evaluating the quality of evidence for diagnosing ischemic heart disease from verbal autopsy in Indonesia

Table 4 Associations between strength of evidence and Verbal Autopsy interview characteristics

Variable	Category	Evidence				Chi-square	P value
		Acceptable		Weak		χ2	P
		n	%	n	%
Sex of deceased
	Male	189	81.5	43	18.5	-	-
	Female	110	66.7	55	33.3	11.4	< .001a
Age of deceased
	30-69	191	76.4	59	23.6	-	-
	70+	106	74.1	37	25.9	0.3	0.627
Place of death
	Hospital	111	87.4	16	12.6	-	-
	Home	188	69.9	81	30.1	14.3	< 0.001a
Relationship between respondent and deceased
	Spouse/sibling	109	86.5	17	13.5	-	-
	Parent/offspring	126	69.6	55	30.4	11.8	< 0.001a
Respondent living with the deceased
	Yes	223	76.4	69	23.6	-	-
	No	69	70.4	29	29.6	0.2	0.281
Recall period
	> 90 d	172	80.0	43	20.0	-	-
	≤ 90 d	122	70.1	52	29.9	4.4	0.036a

^aP value < 0.05.