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Table 2 Women’s pre-CR characteristics by retention status, N = 727

From: Women’s outcomes following mixed-sex, women-only, and home-based cardiac rehabilitation participation and comparison by sex

 

Retained/Completed

N = 428 (58.9%)

Lost to follow-up/Dropouts

N = 299 (41.1%)

P value*

Sociodemographic

Age

67.5 ± 11.7

65.9 ± 13.1

.148

Marital status (% married/common-law)

201 (68.4)

132 (64.1)

.317

Highest educational attainment (% ≥ high school)

247 (94.3)

143 (90.5)

.146

Language spoken (% English)

328 (98.2)

214 (94.7)

.021

Occupational status

  

.067

 Retired/no formal employment

185 (66.3)

115 (68.9)

 Full-time/part-time/modified/restricted duties

84 (30.1)

39 (23.4)

 Other (e.g., disability)

10 (3.6)

13 (7.8)

Travel time to CR centre (% 0–30 min)

104 (56.5)

75 (66.4)

.092

Living situation

  

.229

 With spouse/partner

165 (52.4)

91 (46.2)

 Alone

100 (31.7)

64 (32.5)

 With family/friends/others

50 (15.9)

42 (21.3)

Clinical

Referral event/procedure§

  

.217

 PCI

158 (37.3)

88 (29.8)

 Valvular heart disease

49 (11.6)

34 (11.5)

 CABG

45 (10.6)

27 (9.2)

 Stroke/TIA

39 (9.2)

28 (9.5)

 Primary prevention

30 (7.1)

22 (7.5)

 Arrhythmia/Rhythm device

25 (5.9)

24 (8.1)

 Heart failure

9 (2.1)

17 (5.8)

 Angina pectoris (stable/unstable)

12 (2.8)

13 (4.4)

 Cardiomyopathy

13 (3.1)

11 (3.7)

 MI

16 (3.8)

6 (2.0)

 PVD

11 (2.6)

8 (2.7)

 SCAD

3 (0.7)

2 (0.7)

 Other

14 (3.3)

15 (5.1)

Cardiovascular risk factors

   

 Hypertension

251 (58.9)

172 (57.7)

.747

 Family history of CVD

237 (55.9)

147 (49.2)

.074

 Dyslipidemia

229 (54.0)

133 (44.6)

.013

 Diabetes

95 (22.3)

85 (28.6)

.053

Comorbidities

   

 Sleep apnea

50 (11.7)

49 (16.4)

.069

 Osteoarthritis

65 (15.2)

39 (13.0)

.417

 Cancer

42 (9.8)

32 (10.7)

.696

  1. N (%) or mean ± standard deviation shown
  2. CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; CAD = coronary artery disease; CR = cardiac rehabilitation; MI = myocardial infarction; N = sample size; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; PVD = peripheral vascular disease; SCAD = spontaneous coronary artery dissection; TIA = transient ischemic attack
  3. *Mann–Whitney U or chi-square test for difference between retained/completed and lost to follow-up/dropouts
  4. §Main referral event or procedure for each participant