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Table 1 Characteristics of participating, ineligible and declining outpatients at 9 month follow-up

From: Drive time to cardiac rehabilitation: at what point does it affect utilization?

Characteristic

Retained Participants

(n = 1268)

Ineligibles

(n = 93)

Declined

(n = 136)

Total

(N = 1497)

Sociodemographic

    

Age (mean ± SD)

66.3 ± 11.2

65.4 ± 13.4

63.6 ± 12.2*

65.9 ± 11.4*

Sex (% female)

358 (28.2)

29 (31.2)

43 (31.6)

430 (28.7)

Living status† (%alone)

289 (23.0)

29 (31.2)

35 (26.1)

353 (23.8)

Marital status† (%married/partnered)

910 (72.3)

57 (61.3)*

81(60.0)*

1048 (70.5)**

Ethnocultural background† (% white)

1094 (86.3)

72 (77.4)*

101 (74.3)***

1267 (84.6)***

Family income† (% ≥ $50,000CAD)

560 (48.5)

28 (31.8)**

43 (37.4)

631 (46.5)**

Education† (% >high school)

670 (53.7)

42 (45.7)

70 (52.2)

782 (53.1)

Work status† (% fulltime/part-time)

406 (32.3)

28 (30.4)

52 (39.6)

487 (32.8)

Clinical

    

BMI† (mean ± SD)

27.5 ± 5.4

27.7 ± 5.9

27.6 ± 5.7

27.5 ± 5.4

Systolic BP mm Hg (mean ± SD)

131.2 ± 19.1

135.0 ± 21.1

130.3 ± 19.8

131.3 ± 19.3

Diastolic BP mm Hg (mean ± SD)

74.5 ± 10.2

77.5 ± 112.9*

73.3 ± 10.4

74.6 ± 10.5*

Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio (mean ± SD)

4.2 ± 1.2

4.1 ± 1.1

4.1 ± 1.2

4.2 ± 1.2

HDL mmol/L (mean ± SD)

1.2 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.4

LDL mmol/L (mean ± SD)

2.3 ± 0.9

2.1 ± 1.0

2.5 ± 0.9

2.3 ± 0.9

NYHA Class II-IV (%)

82 (48.5)

5 (41.7)

6 (31.6)

93 (6.2)

CCS angina class 2-4 (%)

262 (81.9.7)

7 (58.3)

25 (71.4)

294 (80.1)

Multi-vessel Disease (>1 diseased coronary arteries)

365 (79.5)

25 (83.3)

34 (82.9)

424 (80.0)

Duke Activity Status Index† (mean ± SD)

37.2 ± 15.8

28.0 ± 18.9***

34.1 ± 16.2*

36.4 ± 16.2***

Current or Previous MI

578 (88.7)

46 (90.2)

65 (87.8)

689 (88.7)

Current or Previous PCI

558 (90.3)

38 (88.4)

54 (94.7)

650 (90.5)

Current or Previous CABG

360 (80.7)

19 (70.4)

31(81.6)

410 (80.2.4)

Current or Previous HF

177 (75.0)

20 (87.0)

24 (80.0)

221 (76.5)

Current or Previous of Valve repair/replacement

194 (85.5)

15 (78.9)

27 (81.8)

236 (84.6)

Geographic:

    

Distance km (mean ± SD)

17.4 ± 23.1

15.5 ± 20.4

14.4 ± 18.8

17.0 ± 22.6

No Traffic Drive Time, min (mean ± SD)

21.9 ± 21.9

19.7 ± 19.1

19.3 ± 16.6

21.5 ± 21.4

Non-rush hour Drive Time, min (mean ± SD)

27.4 ± 27.5

24.6 ± 23.9

24.2 ± 20.8

26.9 ± 26.7

Rush hour Drive time, min (mean ± SD)

36.5 ± 36.6

32.8 ± 31.8

32.2 ± 27.7

35.9 ± 35.6

  1. † denotes data from patient report. All other data elements extracted from patient charts.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001
  3. Note: Percentages take into account missing data for some variables.
  4. SD, standard deviation; BMI, Body Mass Index; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein CCS, Canadian Cardiovascular Society; NYHA, New York Heart Association. MI, Myocardial Infarction; PCI, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; CABG, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; HF, Heart Failure; Min = minutes; Km = kilometers