Table 3.
Exclusions by ethnic group within the South Asian population presenting with a cardiovascular event
|
Indian n (%) n = 136 |
Pakistani n (%) n = 238 |
Bangladeshi n (%) n = 20 |
|
| Mean (SD) age, years | 61.0 (12.6) | 61.0 (12.4) | 63.1 (7.3) |
| Males n, (%) | 96 (70.6) | 184 (77.3) | 15 (75) |
| Mean (SD) IMD score | 35.95 (15.8) | 47.8 (15.7) | 48.9 (14.4) |
| Any exclusion | 40 (29.4) | 151 (63.4) | 14 (70) |
| Reason for exclusion (more than one may apply) n (%) | |||
| aLanguage | 10 (7.5) | 94 (39.8) | 11 (55) |
| bHigh cardiac risk | 15 (11) | 33 (13.9) | 1 (5) |
| cComorbidity | 8 (5.9) | 19 (8.0) | 0 (0) |
| Excluded for language only: | 1 | ||
| All n (%) | 7 (5.1) | 78 (32.8) | 1 (55) |
| Aged <65 years | 3 (3.4) | 34 (24.8) | 4 (40) |
| 65+ | 4 (8.2) p = 0.2 | 44 (43.6) p = 0.002 | 7 (87.5) p = 0.2 |
| Gender males | 4 (4.2) | 51 (27.7) | 6 (40) |
| females | 3 (7.5) p = 0.4 | 27 (50) p = 0.003 | 5 (100) p = 0.04 |
| Total recruited n | 50 | 31 | 4 |
| (% of eligible) | (52.1) | (35.6) | |
| (% of all presenting) | (36.8) | (13) | (20) |
| RR of ineligibility (95%CI)* | 0.89 (0.6, 1.3) | 4.0 (2.9, 5.5) | 4.4 (1.6, 11.8) |
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, heart failure or documented arrhythmias.
cComorbidity: physical conditions which would interfere with the ability to undertake a cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe arthritis, malignancy.
SD: standard deviation
*adjusted for age, sex and deprivation index using white British as the reference group (RR = 1.0)