TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the sample.

		N	n	%
Sociodemographic characteristics
Sex	Male	911	605	66.4
	Female		306	33.6
Aged under 55		911	247	27.1
Lives alone		909	195	21.5
Unpartnered		896	291	32.5
Manual occupation		711	287	40.4
Low socioeconomic status		635	149	23.5
No private health insurance		552	334	60.5
Extreme or considerable financial strain		547	49	9.0
Clinical characteristics
Event type	Coronary artery bypass graft surgery	911	491	35.2
	Acute myocardial infarction		317	54.5
	Acute coronary syndrome/unstable angina		93	10.3
Current smoker		910	172	18.9
Diabetes mellitus		900	206	22.9
Poor self-rated health		835	97	11.6
Obese		639	205	32.1
History of depression		491	140	28.5
Anxiety and depression rates
Anxious or depressed	Baseline	910	440	48.4
	Early convalescence	791	257	32.5
	Late convalescence	723	222	30.7
Anxious	Baseline	911	394	43.2
	Early convalescence	792	225	28.4
	Late convalescence	723	197	27.2
Depressed	Baseline	910	205	22.5
	Early convalescence	791	136	17.2
	Late convalescence	723	107	14.8
Anxious and depressed	Baseline	911	159	17.5
	Early convalescence	792	104	13.1
	Late convalescence	723	82	11.3

N = 911 at baseline; missing data on some variables due to variations in baseline questionnaires used at different hospitals. Low socioeconomic status based on being in manual occupation and having no private health insurance. Anxious = HADS-A ≥ 8; Depression = HADS-D ≥ 8; Early convalescence = 2–4 months post-event; Late convalescence = 6–12 months post-event.