Demographic and clinical features of the sample
| Sex | 40 M, 20 F |
| Age | 47.6 (14.4) |
| Months since diagnosis | 42.6 (47.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 23.7 |
| Married | 64.4 |
| Divorced/widowed | 11.9 |
| Occupation | |
| Paid employment | 51.6 |
| Retired (age) | 10.0 |
| Retired (illness) | 20.0 |
| Unable to work (illness) | 11.7 |
| Not in paid employment | 6.7 |
| Familial cardiomyopathy | 42.6 |
| Comorbidity | 20.7 |
| Left ventricular shortening fraction | 18.1 (5.3) |
| Left ventricular end diastolic diameter (cm) | 5.45 (0.93) |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 30.2 |
| Mitral regurgitation (moderate or severe) | 31.6 |
| Per cent of predicted peak Vo 2 | 75.7 (26.5) |
| NYHA classification | |
| Grade I | 60.0 |
| Grade II | 32.7 |
| Grade III or IV | 7.3 |
Values are mean (SD) or %.