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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants (n = 200) according to study group. São Paulo, 2015

From: Effects of nutrition education on recurrent coronary events after percutaneous coronary intervention: A randomized clinical trial

Characteristics

Intervention (n = 101)

Control (n = 99)

p

Male - n (%)

70 (69)

70 (71)

0.83

Age (years)a

60.4 ± 9.1

59.6 ± 10.4

0.55

Education (years)b

5.0 (4–11)

6.0 (4–11)

0.91

Type of coronary angioplasty – n (%)

 Balloon

6 (5.9)

3 (3.1)

0.32

 Conventional stent

88 (87.2)

83 (83.8)

0.51

 Pharmacological stent

7 (6.9)

13 (13.1)

0.14

Clinical history- n (%)

 Systemic arterial hypertension

83 (82.2)

88 (88.9)

0.18

 Dyslipidaemia

70 (69.3)

82 (82.8)

0.03

 Type 2 diabetes

41 (40.6)

36 (36.4)

0.54

 Family history of premature coronary heart disease

45 (44.6)

34 (34.3)

0.14

 Previous acute myocardial infarction

44 (43.6)

42 (42.4)

0.87

 Previous angioplasty

19 (18.8)

24 (24.2)

0.35

 Heart surgery

9 (8.9)

13 (13.1)

0.34

Smoking status – n (%)

 Non-smoker

64 (63.4)

61 (61.6)

0.30

 Former smoker

13 (12.9)

20 (20.2)

 Smoker

24 (23.8)

18 (18.2)

Medication use – n (%)

 Antihypertensive agents

73 (72.3)

82 (82.8)

0.07

 Oral hypoglycaemic agents

32 (31.7)

23 (23.2)

0.18

 Statins

50 (49.5)

57 (57.6)

0.25

 Antiarrhythmic agents

59 (58.4)

63 (63.6)

0.45

  1. aValues are mean ± standard deviation
  2. bValues are median and interquartile range