Characteristics | Total group | Control | Intervention | Value | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
242 (100) | 125 (51.65) | 117 (48.35) | |||
Age, mean ± SD | 59 ± 19 | 58 ± 20 | 59 ± 18 | −0.5355a | 0.5928 |
Gender | 0.2233b | 0.6365 | |||
Female | 140 (57.9) | 70 (56.0) | 70 (59.8) | ||
Male | 102 (42.1) | 55 (44.0) | 47 (40.2) | ||
No. of hospitalisations, mean (IQR, min, max) | 0 (1, 0, 12) | 0 (1, 0, 10) | 0 (1, 0, 12) | −0.2168a | 0.8285 |
No. of co-morbidities, mean (IQR, min, max) | 1 (2, 0, 4) | 1 (2, 0, 4) | 1 (1, 0, 4) | 0.4219a | 0.6735 |
No. of medicines, mean (IQR, min, max) | 4 (4, 1, 12) | 4 (4, 1, 16) | 4 (4, 1, 14) | −0.3299a | 0.7418 |
Teaching hospitals | 5.1145b | 0.07752 | |||
Fundacion Cardioinfantil | 82 (33.9) | 36 (28.8) | 46 (39.3) | ||
San Carlos hospital | 78 (32.2) | 48 (38.4) | 30 (25.6) | ||
Samaritana hospital | 82 (33.9) | 41 (32.8) | 41 (35.1) |