Table 2. Characteristics of the cohort stratified by residence in a rural/remote or an urban location.

Variable	Rural/Remote n = 344	Urban n = 342	p
Age at the end of the study	35 (24–50)	34 (22–50)	0.23
Age at RHD diagnosis	29 (18–45)	28 (16–44)	0.16
Female	224 (65.1%)	234 (68.4%)	0.36
Indigenous Australian	333 (96.8%)	289 (84.5%)	<0.0001
Severe disease	76 (22.1%)	101 (29.5%)	0.03
Hospitalisations/person	5 (2–9)	5 (3–12)	0.11
RHD-related hospitalisations	104 (30.2%)	145 (42.4%)	0.001
Valve surgery or valvuloplasty	42 (12.2%)	77 (22.5%)	<0.0001
Died	17 (4.9%)	22 (6.4%)	0.40
Age at death	55 (30–70)	61 (43–71)	0.60
Adherence	45 (28–62)	38 (19–53)	0.02
Good adherence	38/139 (27%)	35/154 (22.7%)	0.36
Number of echocardiograms	5 (3–9)	5 (3–8)	0.32
RHD progression on serial echocardiograms	66/319 (20.7%)	65/310 (21.0%)	0.93
Specialist review	333 (96.8%)	310 (90.6%)	0.001
Dental review	134 (39.0%)	55/342 (16.1%)	<0.0001

All numbers are median (interquartile range) or the absolute number (%)