Table 2

Main variables recorded by questionnaire

Patient baseline characteristics	Age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, employment status
Risk profile assessment	Body mass index, knowledge of blood pressure, total cholesterol concentration
Cardiac rehabilitation attendance	Intention, attendance at six months
Illness perceptions	Timeline, control/cure, consequences, causal attribution to: lifestyle, stress
History of heart disease	Evidence of angina/AMI/diagnosis of CHD 4 weeks or more before current hospital admission