Table 1.
Baseline characteristics across categories of death
| Sudden cardiac death | Non-sudden cardiac death | Other Deaths | Survivors | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p value | |||||
| N | 136 | 118 | 246 | 2263 | |
| Age (yr; mean ± SD) | 68 ± 6 | 68 ± 6 | 69 ± 6 | 66 ± 7 | 0.001 |
| White (%) | 85 | 79 | 87 | 90 | 0.003 |
| Education (yr; mean ± SD) | 12 ± 3 | 12 ± 3 | 13 ± 3 | 13 ± 3 | 0.001 |
| Current Smoker (%) | 16 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 0.02 |
| Any alcohol use (%) | 26 | 32 | 31 | 41 | 0.001 |
| Exercise (≥3 times/wk, %) | 29 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 0.001 |
| Prior CHF (%) | 34 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 0.001 |
| Numbers of prior MI | 0.001 | ||||
| 0 (%) | 41 | 42 | 44 | 50 | |
| 1 (%) | 49 | 45 | 50 | 45 | |
| >1 (%) | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | |
| History of PTCA (%) | 36 | 36 | 37 | 44 | 0.02 |
| Diabetes (%) | 43 | 53 | 34 | 23 | 0.001 |
| History of AF (%) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD) | 29.3 ± 5.8 | 29.0 ± 6.2 | 27.7 ± 5.5 | 28.6 ± 5.5 | 0.02 |
| SBP (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 139 ± 20 | 143 ± 23 | 139 ± 20 | 1343 ± 18 | 0.001 |
| QT corrected interval (milliseconds, mean ± SD) | 453 ± 34 | 447 ± 31 | 448 ± 32 | 438 ± 29 | 0.001 |
| History of LBBB (%) | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0.001 |
| History of LVH (%) | 14 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0.02 |
| Estimated GFR | 0.001 | ||||
| <40 (ml/min; %) | 26 | 23 | 20 | 8 | |
| 40–60 (ml/min; %) | 48 | 57 | 53 | 58 | |
| >60 (ml/min; %) | 26 | 20 | 27 | 34 | |
| HDL (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 47 ± 14 | 49 ± 13 | 52 ± 15 | 50 ± 13 | 0.02 |
| LDL (mg/dl; mean ± SD) | 149 ± 40 | 150 ± 42 | 143 ± 36 | 145 ± 38 | 0.30 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl; mean±SD) | 176 ± 71 | 182 ± 67 | 163 ± 65 | 165 ± 63 | 0.006 |