Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Women Hospitalized with Coronary Heart Disease, by Group Assignment and Ethnicity
| |
Group assignment |
Ethnicity |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Intervention (n = 151) n (%) | Usual care (n = 153) n (%) | White (n = 145) n (%) | Minority (n = 159) n (%) |
| Age ≥ 65 years | 59 (39) | 67 (44) | 72 (50) | 54 (34)* |
| White | 74 (49) | 71 (46) | 145 (100) | 0 (0) |
| >High school education | 73 (49) | 61 (40) | 79 (55) | 55 (35)* |
| Married | 64 (42) | 64 (42) | 73 (50) | 55 (35)* |
| With dependents | 40 (27) | 33 (22) | 33 (23) | 40 (25) |
| Employed | 39 (26) | 35 (23) | 38 (27) | 36 (23) |
| Prior history of CHD | 106 (70) | 118 (77) | 106 (73) | 118 (74) |
| Current ACS | 73 (48) | 72 (47) | 77 (53) | 68 (43) |
| Current revascularization | 80 (53) | 86 (56) | 87 (60) | 79 (50) |
| History of DM | 63 (42) | 68 (44) | 53 (37) | 78 (49)* |
| History of hypertension | 116 (78) | 122 (80) | 102 (71) | 136 (87)* |
| History of dyslipidemia | 108 (73) | 114 (75) | 109 (76) | 113 (72) |
*
p < 0.05 between group comparison (white vs. minority).
CHD, coronary heart disease; ACS, acute coronary syndrome; DM, diabetes mellitus.