Table 1.
Demographic and clinical profile for patients with cardiac disease stratified by HADS-A (n = 8998)
| HADS-A < 8 n = 6107 (68) | HADS-A ≥ 8 n = 2891 (32) | p values | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sex | < 0.0001a | ||
| Male | 4491 (74) | 1841 (64) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 67 (12) | 64 (12) | < 0.0001b |
| Diagnosis | 0.0003 | ||
| Ischemic heart disease | 2850 (47) | 1488 (51) | |
| Arrhythmia | 2363 (39) | 998 (35) | |
| Heart failure | 540 (9) | 243 (8) | |
| Valvular heart disease | 354 (6) | 162 (6) | |
| Length of stay, mean (SD) | 2.1 (2.8) | 2.4 (3.3) | 0.0002c |
| Co-morbidity | – | ||
| Hypertension | 2524 (41) | 1363 (47) | |
| Diabetes | 823 (13) | 538 (19) | |
| Ventricular arrhythmia | 396 (6) | 199 (7) | |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 3700 (61) | 1889 (65) | |
| Myocardial infarction | 1596 (26) | 834 (29) | |
| PCI | 1547 (25) | 787 (27) | |
| CABG | 374 (6) | 187 (6) | |
| Heart failure | 1481 (24) | 759 (26) | |
| Renal disease | 225 (4) | 128 (4) | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 529 (9) | 381 (13) | |
| Smoking (daily use) d | < 0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 621 (10) | 420 (15) | |
| BMI ≥ 30 d | 0.0005 | ||
| Yes | 1392 (24) | 746 (28) | |
| Alcohol > recommendation d, e | 0.1850 | ||
| Yes | 397 (7) | 206 (8) | |
| Marital status | < 0.0001 | ||
| Married | 4050 (66) | 1751 (61) | |
| Divorced | 751 (12) | 480 (17) | |
| Widowed | 778 (13) | 358 (12) | |
| Unmarried | 528 (7) | 302 (10) | |
| Educational level d | < 0.0001 | ||
| Higher | 1517 (25) | 539 (19) | |
| Upper secondary or vocational | 2660 (44) | 1285 (46) | |
| Basic | 1820 (30) | 988 (35) | |
| Tu-comorbidity index score | 0.0081 | ||
| 0 | 1407 (23) | 640 (22) | |
| 1 | 2596 (43) | 1220 (42) | |
| 2 | 1403 (23) | 628 (22) | |
| 3 + | 701 (11) | 403 (14) | |
| Charlson comorbidity index | < 0.0001 | ||
| 0 | 2118 (35) | 887 (31) | |
| 1 | 1795 (29) | 816 (28) | |
| 2 | 1061 (17) | 493 (17) | |
| 3 + | 1133 (19) | 695 (24) | |
| Psychotropic medication | 0.1442 | ||
| Yes | 119 (1.9) | 70 (2.4) |
aχ2 test
bT-test
cNon-parametric Wilcoxon signed rank test
dMissing data from 1 to 8%
eAlcohol intake above high-risk limit is defined by The Danish National Board of Health to be a weekly intake > 21 standard drinks for men and > 14 standard drinks for women