Review Article

Evaluating Symptoms to Improve Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Stable Angina

Table 2

Measures of physical activity and quality of life in patients with chronic stable angina.

VariablesControl group
( )
Stable angina
group
( )

Total LTPA (kcal/day)212 (226)144 (157)a
Mean duration LTPA (min/day)47 (52)34 (34)a
Physical Activity Scale (units)2.3 (1.5)1.7 (1.2)a
Self-perceived health (%)80 (17)63 (24)a
Physical function (%)72 (27)44 (21)

Data from Gardner et al. [10].
All values shown are mean (SD).
LTPA: leisure-time physical activity; SD: standard deviation.
for patients with stable angina compared with controls after adjustment for age, race, current smoking, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.