Table 1.
Recruitment to and exclusion from the BRUM trial, by ethnic group
| White | South Asian | Other | fp-value | |
| All presenting, n | 1452 | 412 | 69 | |
| MI n (%) | 811 (56.4) | 230 (56.5) | 42 (61.8) | 0.6 |
| PTCA n (%) | 514 (35.7) | 149 (36.6) | 19 (27.9) | |
| CABG n (%) | 113 (7.9) | 28 (6.9) | 7 (10.3) | |
| Mean (SD) age | 66.3 (12.0) | 61.0 (12.4) | 66.5 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| Males n (%) | 998 (68.9) | 311 (75.5) | 47 (69.1) | 0.04 |
| Mean (SD) Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) [14] | 32.9 (17.1) | 43.7 (16.6) | 48.3 (16.8) | <0.001 |
| Excluded n (%) | 525 (36.1) | 214 (51.9) | 25 (36.2) | <0.001 |
| Reason for exclusion (more than 1 may apply) n (%) | ||||
| aLanguage | 4 (0.30) | 120 (29.4) | 3 (4.5) | <0.001 |
| bHigh cardiac risk | 191 (13.2) | 50 (12.1) | 6 (8.7) | 0.7 |
| cComorbidity | 175 (12.1) | 28 (6.8) | 6 (8.7) | 0.01 |
| In other trial | 18 (1.2) | 6 (1.5) | 2 (2.9) | 0.7 |
| Out of area | 76 (5.2) | 18 (4.4) | 2 (2.9) | 0.4 |
| dSensory deficit | 37 (2.5) | 8 (1.9) | 1 (1.4) | 0.6 |
| eMental health | 41 (2.8) | 6 (1.5) | 5 (7.2) | 0.06 |
| Deceased | 19 (1.3) | 5 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0.6 |
| Excluded for language only n (%) | 2 (0.1) | 100 (24.3) | 3 (4.35) | <0.001 |
| Eligible n (% of all presenting) | 927 (63.8) | 198 (48.1) | 44 (63.8) | <0.001 |
| Males (% of presenting males) | 659 (65.7) | 163 (52.4) | 32 (68.0) | |
| Female (% presenting females) | 268 (59.0) | 35 (34.7) | 12 (54.6) | |
| Mean (SD) IMD of eligible patients | 32.3 (16.6) | 41.2 (16.7) | 47.1 (17.3) | <0.001 |
| Refused (% of eligible) | 514 (55.4) | 109 (55.1) | 27 (61.4) | 0.2 |
| Reason for refusal: n (%) | ||||
| Did not want rehabilitation | 85 (16.5) | 10 (9.2) | 3 (11.1) | |
| Did not want to take part in research | 272 (52.9) | 38 (34.9) | 11 (40.7) | |
| Preference for hospital programme | 62 (12.1) | 15 (13.8) | 3 (11.1) | |
| No reason given | 95 (18.5) | 46 (42.2) | 10 (37.0) | <0.001 |
| Total recruited (% of eligible) | 418 (45.1) | 88 (44.4) | 19 (43.2) | 0.7 |
| (% of all) | (28.8) | (21.4) | (21.3) | |
| Males (% of eligible males) | 312 (47.3) | 76 (46.6) | 14 (43.8) | |
| Female (% of eligible females) | 106 (39.6) | 12 (34.3) | 5 (41.7) | |
| Mean (SD) IMD of recruited patients | 31.6 (15.7) | 40.0 (16.9) | 47.0 (15.2) | <0.001 |
aLanguage: unable to speak English or Punjabi, or Punjabi speaking nurse not available to recruit the patient.
bHigh risk: patients with risk factors excluding a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe angina, hart failure or documented arrhythmias.
cComorbidity: physical conditions which would interfere with the ability to undertake a cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe arthritis, malignancy.
dSensory deficit: severe hearing or visual loss such that patients would not be able to read written materials or communicate with research nurses on the telephone.
eMental health: patients with case-note documented dementia or current mental illness.
fChi square test (except for age comparison, oneway ANOVA; index of deprivation comparison, Kruskal-Wallis test)