Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants at baseline

	Control group n = 142	Intervention group n = 139	p value
Age (SD), y.	53.7 (11.3)	53.3 (11.1)	0.81
Men	72 (51%)	69 (50%)	0.86
Number of chronic diseases (SD)	5.3 (1.8)	5.7 (2.3)	0.12
Family income in CAD:   < 20,000$	17 (12%)	19 (14%)	0.86
20,000-49,999$	56 (39%)	51 (37%)
> = 50,000$	66 (46%)	65 (47%)
Education:  High school degree or less	80 (56%)	65 (47%)	0.14
Technical, college, or university	62 (44%)	72 (52%)
Self-perceived financial status:  Poor/really poor	16 (11%)	9 (6%)	0.01
Enough	79 (56%)	76 (55%)
Well off	22 (15%)	44 (32%)