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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants enrolled in TAC rehabilitation program

From: Tasmanian Aborigines step up to health: evaluation of a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and secondary prevention program

 

All n = 92

%

CCRD1n = 36

%

RF2n = 56

%

Age group

      

<=49

35

38.0

7

19.4

28

50.0

50–59

35

38.0

17

47.2

18

32.1

> = 60

22

23.9

12

33.3

10

17.9

Sex

n = 80

     

Female

56

60.9

21

58.3

35

62.5

Smoking*

      

Never

20

21.7

2

5.6

18

32.1

Ex-smoker

28

30.4

11

30.6

17

30.4

Current

43

46.7

23

63.9

20

35.7

BMI status

      

Normal <25

11

12.2

8

22.9

3

5.5

Overweight 25–30

20

22.2

10

28.6

10

18.2

Obese >30

59

65.6

17

48.6

42

76.4

Employment status

      

Not in workforce

59

64.1

22

61.1

37

66.1

Employed P/T

13

14.1

4

11.1

9

16.1

Employed F/T

19

20.7

9

25.0

10

17.9

Recorded diagnosis (n = 92)

COPD3

  

20

55.6

  

IHD4

  

21

58.3

  

CHF5

  

6

16.7

  

Hypertension

57

62.0

23

63.9

34

60.7

Dyslipidaemia^

57

62.0

29

80.6

28

50.0

Diabetes

29

31.5

11

30.6

18

32.1

Other condition

69

75.0

26

72.2

43

76.8

  1. Footnotes: 1CCRD = Chronic Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease, 2RF = risk factor only, 3COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease, 4IHD = Ischaemic Heart Disease, 5CHF = Chronic Heart Failure.
  2. CCRD v RF Pearson chi2 = 8.8823, P = 0.01 *CCRD v RF Pearson chi2 = 11.4902, P = 0.01, ^CCRD v RF Pearson chi2 = 8.6799, Pr = 0.01.