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Table 1 Demographic and clinical profile for patients with cardiac disease stratified by HADS-A (n = 8998)

From: The association between cardiac drug therapy and anxiety among cardiac patients: results from the national DenHeart survey

 

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)

 
  1. aχ2 test
  2. bT-test
  3. cNon-parametric Wilcoxon signed rank test
  4. dMissing data from 1 to 8%
  5. 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