Retained/Completed N = 428 (58.9%) | Lost to follow-up/Dropouts N = 299 (41.1%) | P value* | |
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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 |