Table 2.
Baseline characteristics at patient admission with first episode myocardial infarction (n=379)
| Socially vulnerable patients | Non-socially vulnerable patients | |||
| Rehabilitation type N Time period |
Rehabilitation type N Time period |
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| Standard n=78 2000–2002 (%/SD) |
Expanded n=130 2002–2004 (%/SD) |
Standard n=55 2000–2002 (%/SD) |
Standard n=116 2002–2004 (%/SD) |
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| Age, years | 56 (8.15) | 55 (8.53) | 60 (7.56) | 57 (8.50) |
| Gender, male | 57 (73) | 93 (71) | 42 (76) | 94 (81) |
| Educational level, The Danish Educational Nomenclature | 3.18 (1.19) | 3.26 (1.39) | 4.80 (1.08) | 4.75 (1.19) |
| Living alone | 27 (35) | 51 (39) | 0 | 0 |
| Current smoker | 59 (76) | 83 (64) | 34 (62) | 60 (52) |
| Body mass index | 27.26 (4.35) | 26.26 (4.08) | 26.37 (3.99) | 26.54 (3.12) |
| Hypertension | 18 (23) | 28 (22) | 11 (20) | 23 (20) |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 20 (26) | 37 (28) | 13 (24) | 44 (38) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 (13) | 16 (12) | 6 (11) | 10 (9) |