Table 2. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of CR enrollees by referral strategy .
| Characteristics |
Total
(N=394) |
Automatic
Referral (n=225) |
Usual referral
(n=169) |
p |
| Age (mean±SD) | 59.2 ± 9.8 | 57.7 ± 14.0 | 62.4 ± 13.8 | 0.0010a |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 331 (84.0) | 190 (84.4) | 141 (83.4) | 0.7684b |
| Female | 63 (16.0) | 35 (15.6) | 28 (16.6) | |
| Marital Status, n (%) | ||||
| Single | 37 (9.4) | 23 (10.2) | 14 (8.3) | 0.3273b |
| Married | 326 (82.7) | 188 (83.6) | 138 (81.7) | |
| Widowed | 28 (7.1) | 11 (4.9) | 17 (10.1) | |
| Separated | 3 (0.8) | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Employment Status, n (%) | ||||
| Employed | 221 (56.1) | 142 (63.1) | 79 (46.7) | 0.0004b |
| Unemployed | 26 (6.6) | 16 (7.1) | 10 (5.9) | |
| Retired | 147 (37.3) | 67 (29.8) | 80 (47.3) | |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | ||||
| Hypertension | 351 (89.1) | 205 (91.1) | 146 (86.4) | 0.1374b |
| Diabetes | 216 (54.8) | 115 (51.1) | 101 (59.8) | 0.0881b |
| Heart Failure | 66 (16.8) | 34 (15.1) | 32 (18.9) | 0.3151b |
| PAD | 9 (2.3) | 5 (2.2) | 4 (2.4) | > 0.9999c |
| Renal Insufficiency | 6 (1.5) | 2 (0.9) | 4 (2.4) | 0.4089c |
| COPD | 15 (3.8) | 7 (3.1) | 8 (4.7) | 0.4350c |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
P values were calculated using t-testa for continuous variables as well as chi-squareband Fisher exact testc for categorical data.