Table 1.
Baseline patient characteristics at the time of enrollment into the program in all four groups with no significant statistical differences across the four groups were found.
| Category | CR+PHA (n=25) |
CR (n=19) |
Post CR+PHA (n=17) |
Post CR (n=15) |
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| Age, yrs | 60.2±12.1 | 70.4±9.9 | 66.9±8.3 | 69.4±10.1 |
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| Male | 19/25 (76%) | 17/19 (89%) | 11/17 (65%) | 8/15 (53%) |
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| Ethnicity, Caucasian | 24/25 (96%) | 19/19 (100%) | 15/17 (88%) | 14/15 (93%) |
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| Working Status, working | 12/25 (52%) | 5/15 (33%) | 10/17 (59%) | 7/15 (47%) |
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| Educational Years | 14.4±2.2 | 15.1±1.9 | 13.6±2.3 | |
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| Marital Status | 17/25 (74%) | 11/15 (73%) | 12/17 (71%) | 9/15 (60%) |
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| Hypertension | 21/22 (95%) | 14/15 (93%) | 15/17 (88%) | 12/15 (80%) |
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| Diabetes | 6/22 (27%) | 5/15 (33%) | 4/17 (24%) | 2/15 (13.3%) |
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| Hyperlipidemia | 15/22 (68%) | 10/14 (71%) | 12/17 (71%) | 9/15 (60%) |
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| Mild Cognitive Impairment | 0/25 | 1/19 | 0/17 | 1/15 |
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| Family History of CVD | 20/25 (80%) | 13/19 (68%) | 12/17 (71%) | 10/15 (67%) |
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| Weight, kg | 89.4±17.7 | 90.7±18.8 | 93.2±23.1 | 89.7±20.6 |
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| BMI, kg/m2 | 29.2±4.4 | 30.6±5.6 | 30.4±4.9 | 31.3±7.1 |
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| Systolic Blood Pressure, mmHg | 125.6±15.7 | 123.6±13.8 | 127.5±16.6 | 123.5±16.2 |
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| Diastolic Blood Pressure, mmHg | 69.7±11.3 | 69.5±8.6 | 69.0±13.2 | 65.5±11.1 |
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| Glucose, mg/dL | 122.8±37.7 | 122.7±42.4 | 113.5±29.3 | 117.9±56.4 |
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| Total Cholesterol | 178.5±42.5 | 173.8±51.8 | 167.7±34.3 | 137.1±30.3 |
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| LDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL | 99.9±40.9 | 94.9±41.8 | 90.5±26.1 | 69.9±26.0 |
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| HDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL | 45.4±16.1 | 51.1±18.9 | 54.5±22.8 | 47.5±14.0 |
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| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 154.3±84.1 | 185.5±253.9 | 142.1±135.2 | 114.3±58.1 |
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| Current Smoking | 3/22 (14%) | 2/19 (11%) | 0/17 (0%) | 1/15 (7%) |