Table 2

Characteristics of patients advised to attend, participated if advised and who participated overall in a cardiac rehabilitation programme

Patient groupAdvised to participateParticipated if advisedParticipated overall
n/N (%)P valuen/N (%)P valuen/N (%)P value
All patients944/1168 (80.8)800/944 (84.8)800/1168 (68.5)
Age <60254/296 (85.8)0.01213/254 (83.9)0.65213/296 (72.0)0.14
Age ≥60690/872 (79.1)587/690 (85.1)587/872 (67.3)
Male735/897 (81.9)0.08629/735 (85.6)0.18629/897 (70.1)0.03
Female209/271 (77.1)171/209 (81.8)171/271 (63.1)
AMI (STEMI)213/242 (88.0)<0.001180/213 (84.5)0.15180/242 (74.4)<0.001
AMI (non-STEMI)428/514 (83.3)356/428 (83.2)356/514 (69.3)
CABG99/107 (92.5)87/99 (87.9)87/107 (81.3)
PTCA153/218 (70.2)128/153 (83.7)128/218 (58.7)
Unstable angina51/87 (58.6)49/51 (96.1)49/87 (56.3)
  • AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.