Table 2.
Description of patient sample at baseline
| Intervention group (n = 1250) | Control group (n = 979) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Patients with high cardiovascular risk | Patients with cardiovascular disease | Total | Patients with high cardiovascular risk | Patients with cardiovascular disease | |
| Women (%) | 35.1 | 32.1 | 38.4 | 34.9 | 31.7 | 38.5 |
| Mean age (SD) | 72.6 (9.7) | 75.1 (6.4) | 69.6 (11.8) | 71.6 (9.7) | 74.0 (6.5) | 68.9 (11.7) |
| Education low (%) | 39.8 | 38.3 | 41.6 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 |
| Education medium (%) | 31.7 | 30.7 | 32.8 | 32.1 | 30.0 | 34.5 |
| Education high (%) | 28.5 | 31.0 | 25.6 | 24.9 | 28.0 | 21.5 |
| Hypertension (%) | 59.9 | 67.7 | 51.1 | 59.2 | 65.6 | 52.0 |
| Hypercholesterolemia (%) | 18.4 | 16.6 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 16.1 | 24.8 |
| BMI >25 (%) | 30.2 | 29.4 | 31.3 | 30.6 | 29.3 | 32.4 |
| Recorded smokers (%) | 10.4 | 7.2 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 12.2 |
| Other chronic disease (%) | 14.8 | 12.9 | 16.9 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 16.0 |
| No depression (%) | 74.4 | 79.2 | 68.8 | 75.6 | 85.4 | 64.9 |
| Mild depression (%) | 23.6 | 19.1 | 28.7 | 22.7 | 13.6 | 32.7 |
| Severe depression (%) | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 |