Table 2 Participant characteristics (N = 1,249)
Age, median (IQR) | 60 (52-69) |
Male gender | 687 (55.0) |
Diagnosis | |
      ACS | 783 (62.7) |
      ADHF | 371 (29.7) |
      Both | 95 (7.6) |
Race* | |
      White | 1029 (82.4) |
      Black | 192 (15.4) |
      Other | 25 (2.0) |
Hispanic/latino ethnicity | 24 (1.9) |
Marital status | |
      Married/living with partner | 744 (59.6) |
      Separated/divorced | 228 (18.3) |
      Widowed | 157 (12.6) |
      Single/never married | 120 (9.6) |
Number of people who live at home (not including patient), median (IQR) | 1 (1-2) |
Years of education | |
      0-8 (i.e. no high school) | 50 (4.0) |
      9-11 (i.e. some high school) | 127 (10.2) |
12/GED | 381 (30.5) |
      13-15 (i.e. some college) | 390 (31.2) |
      16 (i.e. college graduate) | 161 (12.9) |
      17+ | 140 (11.2) |
Health literacy* | |
      Inadequate | 148 (11.8) |
      Marginal | 92 (7.4) |
      Adequate | 970 (77.7) |