Table 1.
Characteristics of Participating, Ineligible and Declining Outpatients at 9 Month Follow Up Assessment (N=1496)
| Characteristic | Retained Participants |
Ineligibles (n=92) | Declined (n=142) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n=902) | Females (n=360) | Total (n=1262) | |||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 66.92 ± 10.76 | 68.44 ± 11.97‡ | 67.36 ± 11.13 | 66.37 ± 13.31 | 64.21 ± 12.47§§ |
| Sex (% female) | - | 360 (100) | 360 (28.5) | 26 (28.3) | 43 (30.3) |
| BMI† (mean ± SD) | 27.61 ± 4.97 | 27.36 ± 6.39 | 27.53 ± 5.41 | 27.80 ± 5.82 | 27.63 ± 5.63 |
| Marital status† (%married) | 707 (79.0)‡‡‡ | 200 (55.9) | 907 (72.4)§§§ | 54 (59.3) | 83 (59.7) |
| Ethnocultural background† (% minority) | 133 (14.7) | 40 (11.1) | 173 (13.7)§§§ | 21 (23.1) | 38 (26.8) |
| Education† (% >high school) | 484 (54.4) | 182 (51.7) | 666 (53.6) | 40 (44.4) | 72 (52.2) |
| Family income† (% ≥ $50,000CAD) | 431 (51.9)‡‡‡ | 125 (39.3) | 556 (48.4)§§ | 27 (31.8) | 45 (37.8) |
| Work status† (% retired) | 478 (53.3) | 217 (61.0)‡‡ | 695 (55.5)§§ | 37 (41.1) | 61 (44.2) |
| Systolic BP mm Hg (mean ± SD) | 130.34 ± 18.44 | 133.50 ± 20.79‡ | 131.24 ± 19.18 | 135.10 ± 21.13 | 130.08 ± 19.53 |
| Diastolic BP mm Hg (mean ± SD) | 74.27 ± 10.38 | 75.15 ± 9.69 | 74.52 ± 10.19 | 77.32 ± 12.87§ | 73.12 ± 10.51 |
| Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio | 3.75 | 3.41 | 3.67 | 4.06 | 3.63 |
| HDL mmol/L (mean ± SD) | 1.13 ± .32 | 1.52 ± .54‡‡‡ | 1.22 ± .42 | 1.08 ± .29 | 1.18 ± .30 |
| LDL mmol/L (mean ± SD) | 2.23 ± .89 | 2.62 ± .92‡‡ | 2.32 ± .91 | 2.12 ± .99 | 2.49 ± .91 |
| NYHA Class II–IV (%) | 63 (49.2) | 19 (46.4) | 82 (48.6) | 5 (41.7) | 6 (30.0) |
| CCS angina class 2–4 (%) | 194 (81.4) | 65 (83.3) | 259 (81.9)§ | 7 (58.4) | 27 (71.0) |
| Multi-vessel Disease (>1 diseased coronary arteries) | 283 (81.6)‡ | 75 (72.1) | 358 (79.4) | 25 (83.3) | 36 (81.8) |
| Duke Activity Status Index† (mean ± SD) | 39.28 ± 15.53‡‡‡ | 31.55 ± 15.25 | 37.07 ± 15.83 | 28.75 ± 18.85§§ | 34.82 ± 16.26 |
| Current or Previous MI | 436 (89.5) | 137 (85.6) | 573 (88.6) | 45 (88.2) | 70 (87.5) |
| Current or Previous PCI | 409 (90.7) | 140 (88.6) | 549 (90.1) | 39 (88.6) | 59 (95.2) |
| Current or Previous ACB | 289 (81.4) | 69 (78.4) | 358 (80.8) | 19 (67.9) | 33 (80.5) |
| Current or Previous HF | 118 (72.8) | 59 (79.7) | 177 (75.0) | 19 (86.4) | 24 (77.4) |
| Current or Previous Arrhythmia | 184 (83.6) | 92 (89.3) | 276 (85.4) | 26 (89.7) | 30 (83.3) |
| Current or Previous of Valve repair/replacement | 134 (84.8) | 62 (87.3) | 196 (85.6) | 14 (77.8) | 27 (79.4) |
Note: Percentages take into account missing data for some variables.
BMI, Body Mass Index; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; CCS, Canadian Cardiovascular Society; NYHA, New York Heart Association. MI, Myocardial Infarction; PCI, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; ACB, Acute Coronary Bypass; HF, Heart Failure.
†
denotes data from patient report.
§
Significant difference between participants, ineligibles and decliners;
§
p<.05;
§§
p<.01;
§§§
p<.001
‡
Significant difference between male and female participants;
‡
p<.05;
‡‡
p<.01;
‡‡‡
p<.001