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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2014 Nov 15;169(2):234–241.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.11.008

Table 2.

Patient Characteristics

Original Consent (n=590) ePRISM Consent (n=527) P-value
Demographics
 Age 64.3 ± 11.4 64.9 ± 10.7 0.41
 Female 30.7% 27.1% 0.19
 Race 0.31
  White/Caucasian 90.0% 92.6%
  Black/African-American 6.2% 4.4%
  Other 3.8% 2.9%
Education, Literacy and Numeracy
 Education level 0.14
  <High School 7.5% 10.7%
  High School 63.5% 57.4%
  College degree 17.5% 18.9%
  Graduate degree 11.4% 12.9%
 REALM-R health literacy score (0–8) 6.8 ± 2.2 6.9 ± 2.2 0.32
 Subjective Numeracy Ability score (1–6) 4.3 ± 1.4 4.3 ±1.4 0.47
 Subjective Numeracy Preference score (1–6) 4.3 ± 1.3 4.3 ± 1.3 0.58
Clinical History
 Hypertension 82.5% 83.9% 0.53
 Dyslipidemia 79.2% 83.7% 0.06
 Diabetes 33.5% 33.8% 0.92
 Chronic kidney disease 10.5% 9.7% 0.65
 Smoking history 0.006
  Current 17.2% 14.0%
  Past 32.8% 42.0%
  Never 50.0% 44.0%
 Chronic lung disease 9.6% 14.8% 0.009
 History of depression 5.2% 10.2% 0.001
 Prior MI 28.2% 29.7% 0.57
 Prior PCI 0.70
  <6 months 8.6% 6.7%
  6–12 months 4.3% 4.2%
  >1 year 30.2% 31.7%
  Never 56.9% 57.3%
 Prior CABG 19.9% 23.0% 0.22
 Chronic heart failure 12.4% 13.3% 0.64
 Peripheral arterial disease 8.6% 8.3% 0.86
 Prior stroke 5.7% 5.8% 0.93
Cath lab procedure <0.001
 Diagnostic cath only 4.3% 1.0%
 PCI 95.7% 99.0%
Indication for procedure <0.001
 NSTEMI 19.8% 12.4%
 Unstable angina 35.0% 26.0%
 Stable CAD 34.0% 51.3%
 Staged PCI 6.7% 6.6%
 Other 4.5% 4.5%