Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| Participant Characteristics | Telehealth CR (n = 23) |
Outpatient CR (n = 25) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 56.1 ± 6.8 | 57.2 ± 7.5 | 0.62 |
| Sex male, n (%) | 19 (79) | 22 (84) | 0.60 |
| BMI (%) | 28.1 ± 3.5 | 28.7 ± 4.3 | 0.54 |
| LVEF (%) | 59.9 ± 5.9 | 58.2 ± 5.8 | 0.36 |
| Diagnosis | 0.19 | ||
| AP, n (%) | 5 (22) | 2 (8) | |
| AMI, n (%) | 18 (78) | 23 (92) | |
| Intervention | 0.61 | ||
| PCI, n (%) | 19 (83) | 22 (88) | |
| CABG, n (%) | 4 (17) | 3 (12) | |
| Cardiovascular risk factors | |||
| Hypertension, n (%) | 13 (57) | 15 (60) | 0.81 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 6 (26) | 5 (20) | 0.62 |
| Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 10 (44) | 14 (56) | 0.39 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 14 (61) | 12 (48) | 0.38 |
| Family history, n (%) | 10 (44) | 8 (32) | 0.42 |
| Waist circumflex (cm) | 102.7 ± 10.4 | 103.1 ± 12.9 | 0.82 |
| Baseline CPET | |||
| Peak heart rate, bpm | 138.8 ± 17.5 | 137.9 ± 16.9 | 0.87 |
| peak VO2, mL/kg/min | 23.7 ± 4.0 | 23.1 ± 3.0 | 0.58 |
| peak RER, unit | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.0 | 0.74 |
AP, angina pectoris; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; BMI, body mass index; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CPET, cardiopulmonary exercise test; CR, cardiac rehabilitation; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RER, respiratory exchange ratio, VO2, oxygen consumption.