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Table 3 Exclusions by ethnic group within the South Asian population presenting with a cardiovascular event

From: Recruitment of ethnic minority patients to a cardiac rehabilitation trial: The Birmingham Rehabilitation Uptake Maximisation (BRUM) study [ISRCTN72884263]

 

Indian

n (%)

n = 136

Pakistani

n (%)

n = 238

Bangladeshi

n (%)

n = 20

Mean (SD) age, years

61.0 (12.6)

61.0 (12.4)

63.1 (7.3)

Males n, (%)

96 (70.6)

184 (77.3)

15 (75)

Mean (SD) IMD score

35.95 (15.8)

47.8 (15.7)

48.9 (14.4)

Any exclusion

40 (29.4)

151 (63.4)

14 (70)

Reason for exclusion (more than one may apply) n (%)

   

aLanguage

10 (7.5)

94 (39.8)

11 (55)

bHigh cardiac risk

15 (11)

33 (13.9)

1 (5)

cComorbidity

8 (5.9)

19 (8.0)

0 (0)

Excluded for language only:

  

1

All n (%)

7 (5.1)

78 (32.8)

1 (55)

Aged <65 years

3 (3.4)

34 (24.8)

4 (40)

65+

4 (8.2) p = 0.2

44 (43.6) p = 0.002

7 (87.5) p = 0.2

Gender males

4 (4.2)

51 (27.7)

6 (40)

females

3 (7.5) p = 0.4

27 (50) p = 0.003

5 (100) p = 0.04

Total recruited n

50

31

4

(% of eligible)

(52.1)

(35.6)

 

(% of all presenting)

(36.8)

(13)

(20)

RR of ineligibility (95%CI)*

0.89 (0.6, 1.3)

4.0 (2.9, 5.5)

4.4 (1.6, 11.8)

  1. aLanguage: unable to speak English or Punjabi, or Punjabi speaking nurse not available to recruit the patient.
  2. bHigh risk: patients with risk factors excluding a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe angina, heart failure or documented arrhythmias.
  3. cComorbidity: physical conditions which would interfere with the ability to undertake a cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe arthritis, malignancy.
  4. SD: standard deviation
  5. *adjusted for age, sex and deprivation index using white British as the reference group (RR = 1.0)