Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients referred for cardiac rehabilitation (observational study)
Cohort 1 | Cohort 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Entered CR | Declined CR | Overall | Entered CR | Declined CR | |
(n = 350) | (n = 266) | (n = 84) | (n = 350) | (n = 295) | (n = 55) | |
Age at index eventa (years) | 66.3 (11.5) | 66.2 (10.9) | 66.9 (13.4) | 66.7 (11.4) | 65.8 (11.4)d** | 71.1 (10.4) |
Maleb | 259 (74.0%) | 196 (73.7%) | 63 (75.0%) | 261 (74.6%) | 223 (75.6%) | 38 (69.1%) |
Index eventb | ||||||
MI | 130 (37.1%) | 101 (38.0%) | 29 (34.5%) | 123 (35.1%) | 107 (36.3%) | 16 (29.1%) |
PCI | 116 (33.1%) | 78 (29.3%) | 38 (45.2%) | 107 (30.6%) | 81 (27.5%) | 26 (47.3%) |
CABG | 41 (11.7%) | 35 (13.2%) | 6 (7.1%) | 46 (13.1%) | 42 (14.2%) | 4 (7.3%) |
HF | 6 (1.7%) | 4 (1.5%) | 2 (2.4%) | 20 (5.7%)e* | 19 (6.4%) | 1 (1.8%) |
Angina | 3 (0.9%) | 3 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (2.0%) | 4 (1.4%) | 3 (5.5%) |
ICD | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Other | 54 (15.4%) | 45 (16.9%) | 9 (10.7%) | 46 (13.1%) | 41 (13.9%) | 5 (9.1%) |
Time from index event to dischargec (days) | 2.0 (1.0–6.0) | 2.0 (1.0–7.0) | 1.0 (0.0–4.0) | 2.0 (0.0–6.0), n = 349 | 2.0 (0.0–6.0) | 2.0 (0.0–6.0), n = 54 |