Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics and health behaviors (N = 142).

Characteristics	Categories	n	%	M ± SD	t/F	p
Gender	Male	109	76.8	47.95 ± 9.20	.47	.639
	Female	33	23.2	48.81 ± 9.40
Age (years)	<50	10	7.0	47.60 ± 9.32	.261	.854
	50–59	27	19.0	49.22 ± 10.52
	60–69	51	35.9	48.47 ± 9.69
	⩾70	54	38.0	47.42 ± 8.20
	M ± SD	65.21 ± 10.42
Family living together	Yes	113	79.6	48.07 ± 8.91	.214	.831
	No	29	20.4	48.48 ± 10.50
Religion	Yes	73	51.4	49.76 ± 9.12	2.17	.032
	No	69	48.6	46.44 ± 9.08
Education	None	12	8.5	44.16 ± 8.51	1.24	.291
	Elementary–middle	69	48.6	48.65 ± 8.76
	⩾High school	61	43.0	48.37 ± 9.79
Perceived economic status	High	9	6.3	53.44 ± 9.34	2.69	.071
	Middle	94	66.2	48.54 ± 9.40
	Low	39	27.5	46.00 ± 8.30
Occupation	Yes	66	46.5	48.74 ± 9.60	.70	.484
	No	76	53.5	47.64 ± 8.87
Diagnosis	Unstable angina	45	31.7	48.66 ± 9.12	.25	.782
	NSTEMI	39	27.5	48.53 ± 9.48
	STEMI	58	40.8	47.50 ± 9.24
Comorbidity	Yes	122	85.9	48.56 ± 9.15	1.31	.191
	No	20	14.1	45.65 ± 9.46
Type of comorbiditya	Hypertension	76	35.8
	Dyslipidemia	51	24.1
	Diabetes	53	25.0
	Heart failure	12	5.7
	Renal failure	5	1.4
	Others	17	8.0
Familial history of heart disease	Yes	33	23.2	47.93 ± 9.44	.15	.881
	No	109	76.8	48.22 ± 9.19
Duration of illness (years)	<1	38	26.8	48.34 ± 9.96	.14	.986
	1–5	74	52.1	48.13 ± 8.49
	>5	30	21.1	47.96 ± 10.26
	M ± SD	3.61 ± 2.36

NSTEMI: non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; SD: standard deviation.

^aMultiple answers allowed.