Table 1 Characteristics of participants at baseline

Age (year), mean (SD)

64.2 (9.4)

Gender, number male (%)

54 (81)

Diagnosis, number percutaneous coronary intervention (%)

53 (79)

Education, number tertiary educated (%)

39 (71)

Employment, number paid employment (%)

29 (52)

Blood pressure medication, number yes (%)

47 (86)

Cholesterol medication, number yes (%)

49 (89)

Type 2 diabetes, number yes (%)

13 (23)

Measures of disease risk and fitness

Waist circumference (cm), median (IQR)

103 (95.5, 113.3)

BMI (kg/m²), median (IQR)

29.7 (26.2, 32.6)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD)

125 (12.8)

MacNew Global (1–7), median (IQR)

5.89 (5.07, 6.17)

HADS-total (1–42), median (IQR)

5 (3, 9)

Total cholesterol (mmol/L), median (IQR)

3.5 (2.9, 4)

High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L), median (IQR)

1.05 (0.9, 1.1)

Blood glucose level (mmol/L), median (IQR)

5.6 (5, 6.35)

6-min walk test distance (m), median (IQR)

480 (435, 528)

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour variables^a

MVPA (min/day), median (IQR)

32.7 (24.6, 49.9)

LIPA (min/day), median (IQR)

71.5 (57.1, 84.4)

SB (min/day), mean (SD)

723.3 (58.4)

Number SB bouts/day, mean (SD)

13.1 (4)

Duration SB bouts/day (min), mean (SD)

19.4 (2.3)

Number SB breaks/day, mean (SD)

13 (4)