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Exclusions by ethnic group within the South Asian population presenting with a cardiovascular event |
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| Indian n (%) n = 136 |
Pakistani n (%) n = 238 |
Bangladeshi n (%) n = 20 |
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| Mean (SD) age, years |
61.0 (12.6) |
61.0 (12.4) |
63.1 (7.3) |
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| Males n, (%) |
96 (70.6) |
184 (77.3) |
15 (75) |
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| Mean (SD) IMD score |
35.95 (15.8) |
47.8 (15.7) |
48.9 (14.4) |
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| Any exclusion |
40 (29.4) |
151 (63.4) |
14 (70) |
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| Reason for exclusion (more than one may apply) n (%) |
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| aLanguage |
10 (7.5) |
94 (39.8) |
11 (55) |
| bHigh cardiac risk |
15 (11) |
33 (13.9) |
1 (5) |
| cComorbidity |
8 (5.9) |
19 (8.0) |
0 (0) |
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| Excluded for language only: |
1 |
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| All n (%) |
7 (5.1) |
78 (32.8) |
1 (55) |
| Aged <65 years |
3 (3.4) |
34 (24.8) |
4 (40) |
| 65+ |
4 (8.2) p = 0.2 |
44 (43.6) p = 0.002 |
7 (87.5) p = 0.2 |
| Gender males |
4 (4.2) |
51 (27.7) |
6 (40) |
| females |
3 (7.5) p = 0.4 |
27 (50) p = 0.003 |
5 (100) p = 0.04 |
| Total recruited n |
50 |
31 |
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| (% of eligible) |
(52.1) |
(35.6) |
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| (% of all presenting) |
(36.8) |
(13) |
(20) |
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| RR of ineligibility (95%CI)* |
0.89 (0.6, 1.3) |
4.0 (2.9, 5.5) |
4.4 (1.6, 11.8) |
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aLanguage: unable to speak English or Punjabi, or Punjabi speaking nurse not available to recruit the patient. bHigh risk: patients with risk factors excluding a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe angina, heart failure or documented arrhythmias. cComorbidity: physical conditions which would interfere with the ability to undertake a cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe arthritis, malignancy. SD: standard deviation *adjusted for age, sex and deprivation index using white British as the reference group (RR = 1.0) | |||
Jolly et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2005 5:18 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-5-18 |
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