{"id":7159,"date":"2026-09-25T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:30:29","slug":"heart-complaints-women-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart complaints in women: which symptoms the studies count, and when to contact a doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<article class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700&#038;display=swap\">\n<style id=\"bp-blog-design\">\n.bp-blog {\n  --bp-ink: #212527; --bp-teal: #005859; --bp-teal-deep: #006B62; --bp-emerald: #228A62;\n  --bp-green: #7CA74D; --bp-lime: #B7CB33; --bp-lime-soft: #B7CB3329; --bp-green-aa: #4F6B28;\n  --bp-beige: #EDEAE5; --bp-sand: #DBD4CB; --bp-pale-teal: #D9E6E6; --bp-white: #FFFFFF;\n  --bp-foot: #6b6b6b;\n  --bp-font: 'Poppins','Segoe UI',Arial,sans-serif;\n  --bp-fs-h1: 40px; --bp-fs-h2: 29px; --bp-fs-h3: 21px; --bp-fs-body: 17px;\n  --bp-fs-lead: 19px; --bp-fs-small: 14px; --bp-fs-foot: 13px; --bp-fs-btn: 17px;\n  --bp-lh-body: 1.75;\n  --bp-s-2: 8px; --bp-s-3: 12px; --bp-s-4: 16px; --bp-s-5: 24px; --bp-s-6: 32px;\n  --bp-s-7: 44px; --bp-s-8: 72px;\n  --bp-measure: 875px; --bp-prose: 875px; --bp-side: 40px; --bp-portrait: 132px;\n  --bp-radius-card: 20px; --bp-radius-btn: 10px; --bp-radius-chip: 999px;\n  --bp-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(0,88,89,0.10); --bp-shadow-soft: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,88,89,0.06);\n  font-family: var(--bp-font); font-size: var(--bp-fs-body); line-height: var(--bp-lh-body);\n  color: var(--bp-ink); background: var(--bp-white); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\n}\n.bp-blog, .bp-blog * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n.bp-blog p, .bp-blog li, .bp-blog h1, .bp-blog h2, .bp-blog h3, .bp-blog a, .bp-blog td,\n.bp-blog th, .bp-blog cite { overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0; }\n.bp-blog h1, .bp-blog h2, .bp-blog h3 { text-wrap: balance; }\n.bp-blog p, .bp-blog li { text-wrap: pretty; }\n\/* WordPress core's flow layout puts 24px above every child after the first; inside\n   a grid or a flex row that is a misalignment (measured on the scan pages 2026-08-21) *\/\n.bp-blog .bp-blog-author > *, .bp-blog .bp-blog-related > *, .bp-blog .bp-blog-verify > * { margin-block: 0; }\n\n\/* --- sections: one column, the article measure, the section rhythm ------------ *\/\n.bp-blog-sec { position: relative; background: var(--bp-white); margin-block: 0;\n  padding-block: var(--bp-s-7);\n  padding-inline: max(var(--bp-side), calc((100% - var(--bp-measure)) \/ 2)); }\n.bp-blog-sec > *:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }\n.bp-blog-sec > p, .bp-blog-sec > ul, .bp-blog-sec > ol, .bp-blog-sec > .wp-block-quote,\n.bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-faq-item, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-takeaways, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-toc,\n.bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-refs, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-srclead { max-width: var(--bp-prose); }\n.bp-blog-sec--head { padding-block: var(--bp-s-7) 0; }\n.bp-blog-sec--body { padding-block: var(--bp-s-6) var(--bp-s-7); }\n.bp-blog-sec--beige { background: var(--bp-beige); }\n.bp-blog-sec--wash { background: linear-gradient(180deg, #B7CB331A 0%, #B7CB330D 100%), #FFFFFF; }\n.bp-blog-sec--tight { padding-block: var(--bp-s-6); }\n\/* A COLOURED SECTION IS A PANEL, so it carries the panel radius. 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That matters, because among patients aged 18 to 55 who sought help before being admitted for a heart attack, 53% of the women, against 37% of the men, reported that the care provider did not see the heart as the cause.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">BioProfile&#8217;s heart and vascular scan<\/a> gives you an indication of where you stand today in this area, as one of the 11 health areas the full scan assesses. This is not a diagnosis. It is insight, to see where you stand and to make better choices in your food and your daily life. Pointing to a cause is work for a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-takeaways is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In short<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Chest pain was the most reported symptom in both sexes across 27 studies with 1,226,163 patients: 74% (95% CI 67-81) of the women and 79% (95% CI 72-85) of the men.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>More than a month before the heart attack, 70.7% of 515 women reported unusual fatigue and 47.8% disturbed sleep, against 29.7% who reported chest discomfort.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>A heart and vascular scan gives you a starting value for where you stand today. The scan does not point to a cause. It is not a diagnosis.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-toclabel wp-block-paragraph\">Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><a href=\"#hartklachten-vrouwen-welke-symptomen-verschillen-van-die-bij-mannen\">Heart complaints in women: which symptoms differ from those in men<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hoe-de-weken-voor-een-acuut-hartprobleem-eruitzagen\">What the weeks before an acute heart problem looked like<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#klachten-op-de-borst-zonder-vernauwde-kransslagader\">Chest complaints without a narrowed coronary artery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-een-nederlands-register-laat-zien\">What a Dutch registry shows<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#bloeddruk-zout-en-bewegen\">Blood pressure, salt and exercise<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-je-contact-opneemt-met-een-arts\">When to contact a doctor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#samengevat\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hartklachten-vrouwen-welke-symptomen-verschillen-van-die-bij-mannen\">Heart complaints in women: which symptoms differ from those in men<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A systematic review pooled 27 studies with 1,226,163 patients with a confirmed acute coronary syndrome. Chest pain was the most reported symptom in both sexes: 74% (95% CI 67 to 81) of the women and 79% (95% CI 72 to 85) of the men. Compared with the men, the women were more likely to have pain between the shoulder blades (OR 2.15), neck pain (OR 1.83), jaw pain (OR 1.75) and nausea or vomiting (OR 1.64), and less likely to have chest pain (OR 0.70).\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put simply: chest pain is the most reported complaint in women too, and the difference lies in what comes with it. In a younger group of 2,009 women and 976 men, women came in more often than men with three or more additional symptoms (61.9% against 54.8%).\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hoe-de-weken-voor-een-acuut-hartprobleem-eruitzagen\">What the weeks before an acute heart problem looked like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of 515 women with a heart attack, surveyed 4 to 6 months after discharge from hospital, 489 (95%) reported symptoms in the period before the attack. More than a month beforehand, unusual fatigue (70.7%), disturbed sleep (47.8%) and shortness of breath (42.1%) were the most reported, while chest discomfort was reported by 29.7%. During the attack itself, shortness of breath (57.9%) and weakness (54.8%) were at the top, and acute chest pain was absent in 43%.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those complaints were recalled from memory months later, so they say what the women noticed in hindsight. Tiredness and broken sleep belong to ordinary weeks too, and that is why either one on its own says little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"klachten-op-de-borst-zonder-vernauwde-kransslagader\">Chest complaints without a narrowed coronary artery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the WISE study, of the 916 women referred for coronary angiography because ischemia was suspected, 567 had no obstructive coronary artery disease, consistent with suspected INOCA (mean age 55.6 \u00b1 10.8 years). Of those 567, 69.5% reported chest discomfort, 59.6% chest pain and 53.4% shortness of breath, while fatigue, weakness or light-headedness and palpitations or a rapid heartbeat each came out at 45.9%.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So a chest complaint can be real while the large coronary arteries are open. If a fast heartbeat is part of your picture, start by reading what a <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">normal heart rate<\/a> is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-een-nederlands-register-laat-zien\">What a Dutch registry shows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Dutch registry of 5,023 patients admitted with an acute coronary syndrome between 2015 and 2019 counted 1,463 women (29%), admitted at an average age of 69.7 \u00b1 12.4 years against 65.5 \u00b1 11.7 years for the men; over 36 months the women received less care in line with the guideline, while the adjusted outcomes were comparable.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup> That difference of about four years is worth knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bloeddruk-zout-en-bewegen\">Blood pressure, salt and exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pooled analysis of 27,542 adults from four population cohorts, followed for 28 \u00b1 12 years, found that the risk in the women began to rise from a systolic blood pressure of 100 to 109 mm Hg and in the men from 130 to 139 mm Hg; women at 110 to 119 mm Hg carried a risk of a heart attack comparable to that of men at 160 mm Hg or higher.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> So a value that looks ordinary on a general table can already sit in the rising part in women. De Gezondheidsraad advises no more than 6 grams of salt a day, while Dutch adults take in about 7 grams or more.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exercise shows the same pattern. Among 412,413 American adults followed from 1997 to 2019, regular exercise in leisure time compared with no exercise was linked to a 24% lower death rate from all causes in the women (HR 0.76) and a 15% lower death rate in the men (HR 0.85); the women reached the same survival benefit at 140 minutes of moderate to intensive exercise a week as the men did at 300 minutes.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup> In the Netherlands in 2025, 46.1% of adults met the physical activity guidelines, and more men than women met them.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">9<\/a><\/sup> In practice that is a good two hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-je-contact-opneemt-met-een-arts\">When to contact a doctor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call 112 if you have pain or a heavy pressing feeling in your chest that stays when you sit down, with sweating, nausea, pain in an arm, the neck or the jaw, difficulty breathing or dizziness. Call your GP or the out of hours GP service straight away if you have sharp chest pain with breathing that is difficult and painful, or if your heartbeat is irregular and very fast while you are sitting quietly, and the same day if pressure or pain in your chest comes with a fever. On working days, make a normal appointment if chest pain keeps coming back and the cause is unknown.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"samengevat\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chest pain is the most reported complaint in both sexes, and the differences lie in what comes with it: pain in the back, the neck and the jaw, nausea, shortness of breath. The weeks before an acute heart problem carried fatigue and broken sleep more often than chest discomfort. A complaint can be real while the large coronary arteries are open, and blood pressure and movement carry different limits for women than for men. Thuisarts gives the signals that mean calling today, and the scan gives you a baseline. It is not a diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-cta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Measure where you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few questions about your heart and your blood vessels, about three minutes, and your score is in your dashboard. What the heart and vascular scan measures and what the scan is based on is on the scan page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">Start the heart and vascular scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-ctamicro wp-block-paragraph\">Free, about 3 minutes. An analysis of your answers, never a diagnosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/free-health-check-tests\/\">All health scans<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--wash is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the early warning signs of heart problems in women?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of 515 women with a heart attack, 489 (95%) reported symptoms before the attack: more than a month beforehand, unusual fatigue (70.7%), disturbed sleep (47.8%) and shortness of breath (42.1%) were the most reported, and chest discomfort was reported by 29.7%.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the early warning signs of heart failure?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The studies checked for this article followed acute coronary syndrome and heart attack, so these figures describe the period before those events rather than the course of heart failure.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> For chest complaints, Thuisarts sets out the signs that mean calling today.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you know whether something is wrong with your heart?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A single symptom does not settle it. Thuisarts asks you to call 112 if you have pain or a heavy pressing feeling in your chest that stays when you sit down, with sweating, nausea, pain in an arm, the neck or the jaw, difficulty breathing or dizziness.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can heart complaints in women feel like stomach pain?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The studies that were checked counted nausea and vomiting instead of stomach pain: 39% of the women against 28% of the men across 27 studies, with OR 1.64 (95% CI 1.48 to 1.82) for the women.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can stress explain heart complaints in women?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stress is what many patients reached for themselves: 20.9% of 2,009 women, against 11.8% of 976 men aged 18 to 55 who had been admitted with a heart attack, put the complaints down to stress or anxiety.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> A doctor works out what the cause of a complaint is.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the heart and vascular scan a test for heart complaints in women?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scan gives you a picture of where you stand today in this area, and a starting value you can repeat. The scan does not point to a cause. It is not a diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--beige bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-srclead wp-block-paragraph\">Every source below was checked on the day this article was published. The numbering follows the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list bp-blog-refs\">\n\n<li>van Oosterhout REM, de Boer AR, Maas AHEM, Rutten FH, Bots ML, Peters SAE. Sex Differences in Symptom Presentation in Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020;9(9):e014733. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/JAHA.119.014733\">doi.org\/10.1161\/JAHA.119.014733<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>McSweeney JC, Cody M, O&#8217;Sullivan P, Elberson K, Moser DK, Garvin BJ. Women&#8217;s Early Warning Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation, 2003;108(21):2619-2623. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/01.CIR.0000097116.29625.7C\">doi.org\/10.1161\/01.CIR.0000097116.29625.7C<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Lichtman JH, Leifheit EC, Safdar B, Bao H, Krumholz HM, Lorenze NP, Daneshvar M, Spertus JA, D&#8217;Onofrio G. Sex Differences in the Presentation and Perception of Symptoms Among Young Patients With Myocardial Infarction: Evidence from the VIRGO Study. Circulation, 2018;137(8):781-790. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031650\">doi.org\/10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031650<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Taha YK, Dungan JR, Weaver MT, Xu K, Handberg EM, Pepine CJ, Bairey Merz CN. Symptom Presentation among Women with Suspected Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023;12(18):5836. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/jcm12185836\">doi.org\/10.3390\/jcm12185836<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Sivanesan S, Gasecka A, van der Sangen NMR, van den Broek WWA, Azzahhafi J, Chan Pin Yin DRPP, et al. Sex differences in the presentation and management of acute coronary syndrome patients: Insights from the FORCE-ACS registry. International Journal of Cardiology: Heart and Vasculature, 2025;62:101849. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijcha.2025.101849\">doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijcha.2025.101849<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ji H, Niiranen TJ, Rader F, Henglin M, Kim A, Ebinger JE, Claggett B, Bairey Merz CN, Cheng S. Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Associations With Cardiovascular Outcomes. Circulation, 2021;143:761-763. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049360\">doi.org\/10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049360<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Voedingscentrum. Zout. Encyclopaedia page, with the Gezondheidsraad and the RIVM Voedselconsumptiepeiling 2019-2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voedingscentrum.nl\/encyclopedie\/zout.aspx\">voedingscentrum.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ji H, Gulati M, Huang TY, Kwan AC, Ouyang D, Ebinger JE, Casaletto K, Moreau KL, Skali H, Cheng S. Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024;83(8):783-793. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jacc.2023.12.019\">doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jacc.2023.12.019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>RIVM, VZinfo.nl. Bewegen: volwassenen. Data from the Gezondheidsenqu\u00eate\/Leefstijlmonitor, CBS in collaboration with RIVM, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vzinfo.nl\/bewegen\/volwassenen\">vzinfo.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap). I have chest pain. What could it be? 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