Table 1. Characteristics at baseline of the 1906 patients alive and registered with the practice at follow up, by trial group. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients unless stated otherwise Audit group (n=559) GP recall group (n=682) Nurse recall group (n=665) Mean (SD) age (years) 66.1 (5.4) 66.4 (5.6) 65.8 (5.8) Men 373 (67) 457 (67) 469 (71) Original diagnosis:   Myocardial infarction (with or without angina) 294 (53) 342 (50) 320 (48)   Angina only 265 (47) 340 (50) 345 (52) Mean (SD) No of years since original diagnosis  7.9 (6.1)  8.5 (7.7)  8.5 (7.1) Complications:   Coronary artery bypass grafting  92 (16) 109 (16) 109 (16)   Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty 43 (8)  84 (12)  77 (12)   Diabetes  80 (14)  77 (11)  66 (10)   Heart failure 44 (8)  65 (10) 61 (9) Smoking status:   Current smoker  94 (17) 116 (17) 126 (19)   Non-smoker 367 (66) 442 (65) 424 (64)   Not recorded  97 (17) 122 (18) 115 (17)