Table 1 Baseline characteristics by sense of coherence categories
Characteristic | SOC Tertiles | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Middle | Upper | ||
≤ 138 | 139-158 | > 158 | ||
(n = 219) | (n = 216) | (n = 208) | ||
Sociodemographics | ||||
Age (years); mean (SD) | 52.1 (8.8) | 52.7 (8.1) | 52.3 (8.9) | 0.76 |
Male | 82% | 88% | 86% | 0.17 |
Ethnic origin | 0.008 | |||
Israeli Jews | 34% | 33% | 42% | |
Mid-Eastern/North African | 33% | 31% | 17% | |
European/North American | 31% | 33% | 39% | |
Others | 2% | 3% | 2% | |
Education (years); mean (SD) | 11.0 (3.6) | 12.6 (3.8) | 12.5 (3.5) | < 0.001 |
Relative income | < 0.001 | |||
Above-average | 26% | 39% | 44% | |
Average | 31% | 32% | 32% | |
Below-average | 43% | 29% | 24% | |
Pre-MI employment | 81% | 89% | 91% | 0.004 |
Living with a steady partner | 87% | 91% | 91% | 0.24 |
Cardiovascular Risk Factors | ||||
Hypertension | 36% | 37% | 36% | 0.99 |
Diabetes | 21% | 19% | 17% | 0.55 |
Dyslipidemia | 37% | 38% | 40% | 0.74 |
Smoking | < 0.001 | |||
Never | 27% | 19% | 32% | |
Past | 17% | 22% | 31% | |
Present | 55% | 58% | 38% | |
Obesity | 18% | 14% | 17% | 0.49 |
Pre-MI LTPA | 0.01 | |||
Regularly active | 30% | 32% | 40% | |
Irregularly active | 13% | 23% | 17% | |
Inactive | 57% | 45% | 43% | |
Depression score; mean (SD) | 10.9 (8.1) | 6.4 (5.4) | 3.9 (4.6) | < 0.001 |
MI Characteristics & Disease Severity Indices | ||||
Killip class > 1 | 18% | 22% | 16% | 0.24 |
Q-wave MI | 78% | 83% | 79% | 0.34 |
Anterior MI | 43% | 49% | 37% | 0.04 |
Charlson comorbidity index | 0.18 | |||
0 points | 66% | 59% | 69% | |
1 to 2 points | 31% | 38% | 27% | |
≥ 3 points | 3% | 2% | 3% | |
Self-rated health; mean (SD) | 3.5 (1.2) | 3.7 (1.0) | 3.9 (1.0) | 0.001 |