Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants by rurality and socioeconomic status

Sociodemographic characteristics

Age

65.0 ± 10.5

65.4 ± 10.4

64.9 ± 10.7

65.5 ± 10.1

65.4 ± 10.4

Sex (% men)

147 (68.4)

1208 (75.9)*

524 (72.2)

719 (79.4)**

1357 (75.0)

Ethnicity (% white)

173 (85.2)

1271 (83.2)

580 (82.4)

762 (85.3)

1446 (83.4)

Marital status (% married)

169 (79.0)

1223 (77.6)

517 (72.2)

739 (82.3)***

1392 (77.8)

Education (% ≥ High school)

142 (69.3)

1170 (75.6)

467 (66.1)

731 (83.7)***

1312 (74.8)

Work status (% Retired)

110 (54.2)

793 (51.7)

371 (52.0)

465 (52.1)

905 (52.0)

Annual family income (% ≥ $50,000CAD)

72 (44.4)

656 (50.7)

187 (30.9)

511 (66.5)***

730 (50.0)

Clinical characteristics

Body mass index

29.5 ± 5.99

29.0 ± 5.35

29.6 ± 6.15*

28.8 ± 4.90

29.0 ± 5.40

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery

72 (33.5)

670 (42.4)*

286 (39.7)

385 (42.8)

743 (41.3)

Myocardial infarction

59 (27.4)

442 (28.0)

210 (29.2)

237 (26.3)

502 (28.0)

Percutaneous coronary intervention

59 (27.4)

543 (34.3)*

233 (32.3)

318 (35.3)

602 (33.5)

Heart failure

24 (11.2)

170 (10.7)

88 (12.2)

84 (9.3)

194 (10.8)

Valve (Repair)

5 (31.2)

36 (28.1)

19 (31.1)

13 (20.0)

41 (28.5)

Diabetes mellitus

68 (33.8)

449 (31.1)

235 (35.6)**

234 (28.3)

517 (31.5)

Family history of cardiovascular disease

105 (67.3)

749 (64.4)

344 (65.3)

428 (64.5)

854 (64.7)

Hypertension

139 (70.2)

1100 (74.6)

500 (74.4)

615 (73.4)

1239 (74.1)

Hypercholesterolemia

145 (81.5)

1139 (81.9)

513 (81.6)

657 (82.4)

1284 (81.9)

Smoker

13 (6.2)

98 (6.4)

55 (7.6)*

44 (4.9)

111 (6.4)

Comorbidities

132 (67.0)

982 (68.0)

469 (71.2)*

539 (65.6)

1114 (67.8)