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Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics and 3-year outcomes

From: Determinants of adherence and effects on health-related quality of life after myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study

N = 127

N/mean

%/SD

Baseline characteristics

 Male (n, %)

81

63.8

 Diabetes (n, %)

34

26.8

 CHF (n, %)

34

26.8

 Neither diabetes nor CHF (n, %)

72

56.7

 Diabetes or CHF (n, %)

42

33.1

 Diabetes and CHF (n, %)

13

10.2

 Age (mean, SD)

74.7

5.7

 VAS (mean, SD)

63.3

17.9

 BMI (mean, SD)

27.0

4.0

3-year outcomes (N = 116)

 VAS-AL (mean/SD)

1.82

0.62

 Adherent to medications (n, %)a

101

87.1

 Adherent to recommendations (n, %)a

79

68.1

 Adherent to medications and recommendations (n, %)a

72

62.1

 Non-adherent to medications and recommendations (n, %)a

8

6.9

 Non-adherent to either medications or recommendations (n, %)a

36

31.0

  1. aAdherence refers to 3-year adherence
  2. BMI body mass index, CHF chronic heart failure, N number of patients, SD standard deviation; VAS visual analog scale, VAS-AL VAS-adjusted life years