Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients at baseline (n=41)

Characteristics	Number in overall patients	Number in lower-SES patients	Number in higher-SES patients
Total	41	23	18
Age, the mean	69.7	69.7	69.6
Male	26	10	16
Female	15	13	2
Publicly insured	41	23	18
One-vessel disease	13	8	5
Two-vessel disease	11	6	5
Three-vessel disease	17	9	8
CHD diagnosed for up to 1 year	20	13	7
CHD diagnosed longer than 1 year ago	21	10	11

CHD, coronary heart disease; SES, socioeconomic status.