Table 1.

Characteristics of the study sample from the Korea HEXA-Gem dataset (n=2932), 2005–2013, stratified by self-reported ongoing management of post-ischaemic heart disease

Individuals		Ongoing management
		Yes (n=2366, 80.7%)		No (n=566, 19.3%)
		N	%	N	%
Sex	Men	1261	85.9	207	14.1	*
	Women	1105	75.5	359	24.5
Age (years)	40–49	248	70.5	104	29.5	*
	50–59	904	78.7	245	21.3
	60–69	1214	84.8	217	15.2
Education	≤Middle school	987	77.8	281	22.2	*
	High school	868	82.0	191	18.0
	≥College	487	84.3	91	15.7
	Missing	24	85.7	3	11.1
Income (million Korean won)	<1	779	83.1	159	16.9	*
	1–2	588	80.8	140	19.2
	2–4	418	78.3	116	21.7
	≥4	581	79.4	151	19.3
	Missing	204	69.2	91	30.9
Occupation	White collar	618	78.8	166	21.2	*
	Blue collar	359	81.8	80	18.2
	Housewife	702	76.5	216	23.5
	Other	466	88.6	60	11.4
	Missing	221	83.4	44	16.6
Marital status	Living with spouse	2073	80.9	488	19.1
	Living without spouse	293	79	78	21.0
Comorbidities	Hypertension	1104	84.5	202	15.5	*
	No hypertension	1262	77.6	364	22.4
	Diabetes	465	85.3	80	14.6	*
	No diabetes	1901	79.6	486	20.4
	Hyperlipidaemia	476	79.7	121	20.3
	No hyperlipidaemia	1890	80.9	445	19.1

Neighbourhoods	Mean	SD
Neighborhood-level income status	0.46	0.98
Neighborhood-level % of college graduates or higher	0.10	0.07

*Differences between two groups for the all variables were considered significant at a p value <0.05.