Table 1 Characteristics of the patients enrolled in the study.
Quarantine group | Control group | t/χ2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 73) | (n = 76) | |||
Demographic characteristics | ||||
Age (years) | 62.71 (10.22) | 61.28 (10.23) | −0.86 | 0.393 |
Sex, male (N, %) | 60 (82) | 69 (91) | 1.69 | 0.194 |
Education (years) | 12.38 (4.22) | 13.07 (4.32) | 0.97 | 0.331 |
Type of cardiac intervention | 2.33 | 0.127 | ||
Surgery (N, %) | 20 (27) | 12 (16) | – | – |
Procedure (N, %) | 53 (73) | 64 (84) | – | – |
Days since surgery | 33.52 (39.97) | 26.64 (19.08) | −1.33 | 0.186 |
Cardiac risk factors | ||||
Hypertension (N, %) | 56 (77) | 54 (71) | 0.36 | 0.549 |
Atrial fibrillation (N, %) | 20 (27) | 17 (22) | 0.27 | 0.603 |
Diabetes (N, %) | 11 (15) | 12 (16) | 0.001 | 0.999 |
Dyslipidemia (N, %) | 39 (53) | 45 (59) | 0.30 | 0.585 |
CCI score | 2.70 (1.25) | 2.59 (1.34) | −0.50 | 0.617 |
Medications | ||||
β-blockers (N, %) | 57 (78) | 64 (84) | 0.56 | 0.455 |
Antihypertensives (N, %) | 29 (40) | 23 (30) | 1.08 | 0.299 |
Antiarrhythmics (N, %) | 14 (19) | 7 (9) | 2.29 | 0.130 |
Anticoagulants (N, %) | 71 (97) | 76 (100) | 0.55 | 0.459 |
ACE-inhibitors (N, %) | 31 (42) | 39 (51) | 0.84 | 0.359 |
Psychiatric drugs (N, %) | 4 (5) | 2 (3) | 0.22 | 0.640 |
Biomedical and behavioral characteristics | ||||
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 127.40 (15.48) | 129.71 (14.87) | 0.85 | 0.394 |
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 77.37 (7.45) | 77.79 (7.13) | 0.33 | 0.744 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.10 (2.94) | 26.64 (3.59) | 0.99 | 0.323 |
Walking (total minutes in the last week) | 194.52 (185.56) | 242.93 (199.49) | 1.53 | 0.127 |
