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Patient Demographic Characteristics
| Characteristica | All Patients (N=205) | Subgroup
|
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| With AD (n=120) | No AD (n=85) | |||
| Age at pacemaker implantation, mean (SD), y | 77 (15) | 82 (9) | 70 (18) | <.001 |
| Men | 109 (53) | 64 (53) | 45 (53) | .96 |
| Race | .003 | |||
| White | 196 (96) | 119 (99) | 77 (91) | |
| Other than white | 9 (4) | 1 (1) | 8 (9) | |
Abbreviation: AD, advance directive.
Values are expressed as number and percentage of patients unless specified otherwise.
