Methods	RCT in 2 Finnish centres; F/U 3 years.
Participants	N= 375 (EX n=188; CON n=187) Gender: 80.3% male Mean age: EX=54.4 years; CON=54.1 years Diagnosis; acute myocardial infarction. Ethnicity: NR Inclusion: AMI based on WHO criteria
Interventions	Exercise group (Intervention group) consisted of anti-smoking and dietary advice, and discussions on psychosocial problems as well as a physical exercise programme, tailored to the individual’s working capacity determined in a bicycle ergometer test Control group: usual care
Outcomes	Total mortality; Cardiovascular mortality (F/U 3 years)
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors’ judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	“randomly allocated”
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Unclear in terms of assessment of outcomes.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	1% lost to follow up.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	No information reported.