Investigations and procedures received by patients during the follow up period*
| Men (n=382) | Women (n=337) | p Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Interventions for which the patient had reported a date from 1995 onwards. Bold type indicates p=≤0.05. | |||||||
| Exercise test | 162 | (81.8) | n=198 | 134 | (79.8) | n=168 | 0.6 |
| Angiogram | 153 | (73.2) | n=209 | 127 | (71.8) | n=177 | 0.75 |
| PTCA | 51 | (25.6) | n=199 | 50 | (30.5) | n=164 | 0.30 |
| CABG | 76 | (39.6) | n=192 | 42 | (25.6) | n=164 | 0.005 |
| Pacemaker | 3 | (1.5) | n=196 | 2 | (1.3) | n=156 | 0.85 |
| Transplant | 1 | (0.5) | n=194 | 0 | n=158 | 0.37 | |
| Readmission | 191 | (50.7) | n=377 | 162 | (50.0) | n=324 | 0.86 |
| Mean number of times readmitted | 2.20 | n=182 | 2.05 | n=158 | 0.32 | ||
| Waiting list | |||||||
| Exercise test | 15 | (6.9) | n=218 | 9 | (4.7) | n=190 | 0.35 |
| Angiogram | 7 | (3.2) | n=219 | 5 | (2.7) | n=183 | 0.79 |
| PTCA | 5 | (2.8) | n=218 | 3 | (1.6) | n=184 | 0.45 |
| CABG | 5 | (2.3) | n=216 | 5 | (2.7) | n=185 | 0.80 |
| Pacemaker | 0 | n=216 | 2 | (1.1) | n=184 | 0.13 | |
| Transplant | 0 | n=215 | 1 | (0.5) | n=184 | 0.28 | |