Table 2: Demographic characteristics of patients referred to BRIDGE (N = 2367).

Did not attend (n = 651) Attended (n = 1716) p-value
Age (Mean ± SD) 64.69 ± 15.45 64.95 ± 14.29 0.709
Gender, Male 54.4% (354) 59.3% (1018) 0.029
Race 0.411
-White 84.6% (539) 85.5% (1453)
-Black 11.3% (72) 10.5% (178)
-Asian 1.1% (7) 1.9% (33)
-Hispanic 0.6% (4) 0.5% (9)
-Native American 0.6% (4) 0.2% (4)
-Other 1.7% (11) 1.3% (22)
Comorbidities
Cerebrovascular disease 16.4% (107) 13.6% (233) 0.078
-TIA 12.0% (78) 9.8% (150)
-CVA 8.0% (52) 6.8% (117)
CABG 22.7% (148) 19.7% (337) 0.098
Cath 51.0% (332) 49.9% (855) 0.628
MI (any) 45.8% (298) 42.7% (732) 0.175
PCI 39.6% (258) 37.2% (638) 0.281
Current smoker 13.2% (86) 12.4% (212) 0.582
Diabetes mellitus 32.6% (212) 31.4% (539) 0.602
Dyslipidemia 58.8% (383) 61.6% (1056) 0.216
Hypertension 70.7% (460) 70.4% (1206) 0.887
Obesity 17.7% (115) 20.7% (354) 0.104
Physical disability 0.3% (2) 0.5% (9) 0.487
Psychiatric disorder 34.3% (223) 29.2% (501) 0.018
-Anxiety 17.2% (89) 14.3% (203) 0.118
-Dementia 4.7% (21) 2.6% (32) 0.028
-Depression 25.6% (147) 21.6% (335) 0.055
-Substance abuse 10.5% (50) 6.0% (78) 0.001
Vascular disease 20.4% (133) 16.0% (274) 0.011
Charlson comorbidity score (mean ± sd) 4.61 ± 2.447 4.58 ± 2.292 0.77

TIA: Trans-Ischemic Attack; CVA: Cerebrovascular Accident; CABG: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; Cath: Catheterization; MI: Myocardial Infarction; PCI: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.