Table 1.
Patient characteristics: sociodemographic, risk factor, and intervention variables in patients with angina (AP), myocardial infarction (MI), or ischemic heart failure (IHF)
| Total cohort (N = 472) |
AP (N = 183; 38.8%) |
MI (N = 167; 35.4%) |
IHF (N = 122; 25.8%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||
| Years ± SD | 65.4 ± 12.5 | 67.5 ± 10.9 | 63.1 ± 11.4 | 65.3 ± 14.5 | 0.004 |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 120 (25.4%) | 52 (28.4%) | 36 (21.5%) | 32 (26.2%) | ns |
| Male | 352 (74.6%) | 131 (72.6%) | 131 (78.4%) | 90 (73.8%) | |
| Marital Status (N = 463) | |||||
| Single | 67 (14.5%) | 26 (14.6%) | 22 (13.3%) | 19 (15.8%) | ns |
| Married/partnership | 355 (76.7%) | 134 (75.3%) | 129 (78.2%) | 92 (76.7%) | |
| Other | 41 (8.8%) | 18 (10.1%) | 14 (8.5%) | 9 (7.5%) | |
| Education (N = 460) | |||||
| < High school | 239 (51.9%) | 96 (53.3%) | 82 (50%) | 61 (52.6%) | ns |
| = High school | 172 (37.4%) | 68 (37.8%) | 67 (40.9%) | 37 (31.9%) | |
| > High school | 49 (10.7%) | 16 (8.9%) | 15 (9.2%) | 18 (15.5%) | |
| Employment (N = 461) | |||||
| Unemployed | 45 (9.8%) | 14 (7.82%) | 16 (9.8%) | 15 (12.6%) | ns |
| Retired | 253 (54.9%) | 113 (63.1%) | 75 (46.0%) | 65 (54.6%) | ns |
| Employed | 163 (35.3%) | 52 (29.1%) | 72 (44.2%) | 39 (32.8%) | 0.017 |
| Risk factors | |||||
| BMI | 27.0 ± 4.7 | 27.2 ± 4.4 | 26.9 ± 4.4 | 26.9 ± 5.5 | ns |
| Diabetes § | 113 (24.0%) | 49 (26.9%) | 33 (19.8%) | 31 (25.6%) | ns |
| Hypercholesterolemia § | 229 (50.6%) | 88 (50.6%) | 95 (59.4%) | 46 (38.7%) | 0.003 |
| Hypertension § | 249 (53.8%) | 108 (60%) | 91 (55.8%) | 50 (41.7%) | 0.006 |
| Physical inactivity # | 213 (47.1%) | 84 (48.35) | 67 (41.4%) | 62 (53.4%) | ns |
| Smoking | 79 (17.2%) | 28 (16%) | 30 (18.1%) | 21 (17.8%) | ns |
| Intervention | |||||
| PTCA | 166 (35.5%) | 49 (27.1%) | 101 (60.5%) | 16 (13.3%) | 0.001 |
| CABG | 60 (12.8%) | 32 (17.6%) | 15 (9%) | 13 (10.7%) | 0.041 |
| Valve surgery | 19 (4.0%) | 4 (2.2%) | 4 (2.4%) | 11 (9.1%) | 0.005 |
N number of patients (sub-group N does not always = 472 due to missing data)
p value between diagnosis using Chi-square tests with categorical variables and ANCOVA with continuous variables (post hoc Bonferroni correction and scores adjusted for age, sex, and risk factors);
BMI body mass index, § Physician reported, # Patient-reported active on < 3 occasions per week, PTCA percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, CABG coronary artery bypass grafting