Table 1.
Patient characteristics and exposure to nurse led secondary prevention clinics in intervention and control groups at baseline and at four years. Value are numbers (percentages) of participants unless stated otherwise
| Baseline
|
Four years
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n=673)
|
Control group (n=670)
|
Intervention group (n=564)
|
Control group (n=534)
|
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| Men | 392 (58.2) | 390 (58.2) | 321 (57.0) | 286 (53.6) | |
| Mean (SD) age at 1 January 1995 | 66.1 (8.2) | 66.3 (8.2) | 65.4 (8.2) | 65.7 (8.6) | |
| Attend rural practice | 323 (48.0) | 319 (47.6) | 267 (47.3) | 244 (45.7) | |
| Size of practice: | |||||
| <5000 patients | 98 (14.6) | 103 (15.4) | 83 (14.7) | 82 (15.4) | |
| 5000-10 000 patients | 264 (39.2) | 259 (38.7) | 216 (38.3) | 196 (36.7) | |
| >10 000 patients | 311 (46.2) | 308 (46.0) | 264 (46.8) | 256 (48.0) | |
| Previous myocardial infarction | 310 (46.1) | 295 (44.0) | 264 (46.8) | 243 (45.5) | |
| Exposed to secondary prevention clinics: | |||||
| Never | 673 (100) | 670 (100) | 71 (12.6) | 238 (44.6) | |
| <1 year | — | — | 188 (33.3) | 110 (20.6) | |
| >1 year to 3 years | — | — | 135 (24.0) | 169 (316) | |
| >3 years | — | — | 170 (30.1) | 17 (3.2) | |