Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients referred for cardiac rehabilitation (service evaluation)
Cohort 1 | Cohort 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Entered CR | Declined CR | Overall | Entered CR | Declined CR | |
(n = 559) | (n = 415) | (n = 144) | (n = 788) | (n = 649) | (n = 139) | |
Age at index eventa (years) | 66.6 (11.6) | 66.3 (10.9) | 67.7 (13.4) | 66.3 (12.5) | 65.5 (12.2)d*** | 69.9 (13.3) |
Maleb | 414 (74.1%) | 305 (73.5%) | 109 (75.7%) | 590 (74.9%) | 489 (75.3%) | 101 (72.7%) |
Index eventb | ||||||
MI | 206 (36.9%) | 153 (36.9%) | 53(36.8%) | 248 (31.5%) | 216 (33.3%)d** | 32 (23.0%) |
PCI | 173 (30.9%) | 112 (27.0%) | 61 (42.4%) | 256 (32.5%) | 191 (29.4%) | 65 (46.8%) |
CABG | 79 (14.1%) | 70 (16.9%) | 9 (6.3%) | 99 (12.6%) | 90 (13.9%) | 9 (6.5%) |
HF | 10 (1.8%) | 8 (1.9%) | 2 (1.4%) | 51 (6.5%)e*** | 42 (6.5%) | 9 (6.5%) |
Angina | 5 (0.9%) | 5 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (1.9%) | 9 (1.4%) | 6 (4.3%) |
ICD | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.7%) |
Other | 86 (15.4%) | 67 (16.1%) | 19 (13.2%) | 117 (14.8%) | 100 (15.4%) | 17 (12.2%) |
Time from index event to dischargec (days) | 2.0 (1.0–7.0) (n = 555) | 3.0 (1.0–7.0) (n = 411) | 1.0 (0.0–4.3) | 2.0 (0.0–7.0) (n = 787) | 2.0 (0.0–7.0) | 2.0 (0.0–7.0) (n = 138) |