Comparison of patients randomised to rehabilitation or control or in rehabilitation or control hospital, at baseline
| Characteristic/medical history/lifestyle habit | Randomised controlled trial | Elective hospitals | ||
| Rehabilitation, n=903 | Control, n=910 | Rehabilitation, n=197 | Control, n=134 | |
| Age | Mean (SD) | |||
| 64.2 (11.2) | 64.7 (10.9) | 63.1 (11.8) | 64.9 (12.1) | |
| Gender | Number (%) | |||
| Men | 656 (72.6) | 677 (74.4) | 157 (79.7) | 95 (70.9) |
| Women | 247 (27.4) | 233 (25.6) | 40 (20.3) | 39 (29.1) |
| Previous myocardial infarction | 102 (11.6) | 116 (13.0) | 29 (15.3) | 23 (19.2) |
| Previous angina | 224 (25.4) | 226 (25.5) | 29 (15.6) | 29 (23.8) |
| Previous hypertension treated | 222 (25.1) | 216 (24.3) | 46 (24.5) | 28 (23.3) |
| Untreated | 49 (5.5) | 38 (4.3) | 10 (5.3) | 6 (5.0) |
| Previous diabetes | ||||
| Insulin dependent | 19 (2.1)* | 36 (4.0)* | 4 (2.1) | 2 (1.6) |
| Non-insulin dependent | 78 (8.8) | 69 (7.7) | 23 (12.2)† | 5 (3.9)† |
| Smoking | 364 (40) | 374 (41) | 80 (41) | 42 (31) |
| Alcohol (moderate and heavy) | 145 (16) | 159 (18) | 33 (17) | 19 (14) |
| Diet (eating fresh fruit daily) | 455 (50) | 461 (51) | 107 (54) | 64 (48) |
| Physical exercise (>100 kcal/day) | 100 (11) | 120 (13) | 30 (15) | 26 (18) |