Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Medical Characteristics of the Patient Sample at Baseline and Follow-up

Sociodemographic characteristics	Baseline (N = 171)	Follow-up (N = 121)
Age, mean (SD)	53.98 (8.29)	54.91 (8.00)
Gender
Male, n (%)	144 (84.0)	104 (86.0)
Living Situation*
Living Alone	12.0	9.0
Living with Partner and/or Children	88.0	91.0
Education*
Primary Education	12.3	11.6
Lower Secondary Education	46.8	51.2
Higher Secondary Education	25.7	23.1
Higher Education	12.9	13.2
Employment Status* a
Not working	28.1	30.6
1–20	10.6	9.9
21+	57.8	57.0
Medical characteristics
Reason for admittance* b
CABG	19.0	23.0
PCI	36.0	41.0
MI	45.0	36.0
Previous cardiac event * c
Presence of a previous cardiac event	22.8	22.3
Angina Pectoris (AP)*
Presence of AP	32.0	24.8
Location of Recruitment*
Hospital	67.0	N/A
CR site* d	33.0	N/A

^*Numbers are percentages. Those percentages that do not add to 100% may have missing values.

^aNumber of hours worked per week,

^bMyocardial infarction (MI), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG).

^ccardiac event = MI, PCI, or CABG,

^dCardiac Rehabilitation (CR).