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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Effect of distance to health facility on the maintenance of INR therapeutic ranges in rheumatic heart disease patients from Cape Town: no evidence for an association

 

Number

Percent

Patients who completed >12 month follow-up and for whom address and INR data were available

133

 

Average age (SD)

53 years (1.25)

Female

110

83

No of patients with mechanical valve replacement

105

79

No of patients with non-mechanical valve replacement

28

21

Co-morbidities

n/Na

%

Hypertension

27/99

27

Stroke

28/111

25

Diabetes

19/98

19

  1. N total number of patients, % percentage, SD standard deviation, n number of patients who suffer from co-mobidities
  2. aData were not available on all patients