Table 3

Exclusions by ethnic group within the South Asian population presenting with a cardiovascular event


Indian
n (%)
n = 136
Pakistani
n (%)
n = 238
Bangladeshi
n (%)
n = 20

Mean (SD) age, years
61.0 (12.6)
61.0 (12.4)
63.1 (7.3)

Males n, (%)
96 (70.6)
184 (77.3)
15 (75)

Mean (SD) IMD score
35.95 (15.8)
47.8 (15.7)
48.9 (14.4)

Any exclusion
40 (29.4)
151 (63.4)
14 (70)

Reason for exclusion (more than one may apply) n (%)



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)

Excluded for language only:


1
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
4
(% of eligible)
(52.1)
(35.6)

(% of all presenting)
(36.8)
(13)
(20)

RR of ineligibility (95%CI)*
0.89 (0.6, 1.3)
4.0 (2.9, 5.5)
4.4 (1.6, 11.8)

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