Table 2.
Demographic and Clinical Variables
| All (n=61) |
Usual Care (n=17) |
Intervention (n=44) |
Group Differences (p-value) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age years (mean (SD)) | 59.7 (10.6) | 63.8 (9.5) | 58.2 (10.7) | .064* |
| Gender (% male) | 67.2 % | 70.6 % | 65.9 % | .727** |
| Race (% AA) | 60.7 % | 41.2 % | 68.2 % | .053** |
| Married (% married) | 45.9 % | 29.4 % | 52.3 % | .108** |
| Education (% hs or less) | 36.7 % | 29.4% | 39.5% | .463** |
| NYHA Class II (%) | 31.7 % | 17.6 % | 37.2 % | .319** |
| Class III (%) | 56.7 % | 70.6 % | 51.2 % | |
| Class IV (%) | 11.7 % | 11.8 % | 11.6 % | |
| LVEF % (mean (SD)) | 32.7 (14.9) | 29.1 (12.3) | 34.1 (15.8) | .394c |
| BMI (mean (SD)) | 37.0 (8.8) | 36.2 (9.6) | 37.3 (8.5) | .688* |
| Health rating (% poor) | 44.8 % | 46.7 % | 44.2 % | .868** |
| HgA1c (mean (SD)) | 8.1 (1.8) | 8.3 (2.1) | 8.0 (1.7) | .581c |
| Prior MI (% yes) | 53.3 % | 50.0 % | 54.5 % | .755** |
| PVD (% yes) | 11.9 % | 11.8 % | 11.9 % | 1.00d |
| Renal Disease (% yes) | 31.1 % | 29.4 % | 31.8 % | .856** |
Abbreviations: SD, Standard Deviation; AA, African American; HS, High School; NYHA, New York Heart Association; LVEF, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; BM, Body Mass Index; MI, Myocardial Infarction; PVD, Peripheral Vascular Disease.
*
Student’s t-test
**
Chi-square test
c
Mann Whitney test
d
Fisher’s Exact Test (2-sided)