. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2010 Jul–Aug;25(4):311–322. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e3181cfba15

Table 2.

Association between Participant Characteristics and Prodromal Cluster Membership by Bivariate Analysis

	Prodromal Symptom Clusters
	1^a		2^b		3^c
Covariate	N	%	N	%	N	%	P-value
Race
Black	198	35.87	195	44.83	152	53.71
Hispanic	83	15.04	62	14.25	41	14.49
White	271	49.09	178	40.92	90	31.8	<0.0001
Age>50	486	88.04	367	84.37	222	78.45	0.0013
BMI >29	215	38.95	233	53.56	165	58.3	<0.0001
Personal history heart disease	311	56.34	280	64.37	196	69.26	0.0006
Smoker	127	23.01	115	26.44	92	32.51	0.0128
Diabetic	216	39.13	196	45.06	135	47.7	0.0356

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

Older Silent Asymptomatic Group.

Diverse Mildly Symptomatic Group.

Younger Minority Multiple Distressing Symptom Group.