Table 1.
Baseline uncorrelated characteristics according to decedent status
| Non-decedent (n = 4717) |
Decedent (n = 974) |
p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, n (%) | |||
| 65–69 | 2,183 (46.3) | 249 (25.1) | <0.001 |
| 70–74 | 1591 (33.7) | 287(30.0) | |
| 75–79 | 743 (15.6) | 279 (28.6) | |
| >80 | 200 (4.4) | 159 (16.3) | |
| Male, n (%) | 1853 (39.3) | 552 (56.7) | <0.001 |
| Caucasian, n (%) | 4004 (85.0) | 803 (82.4) | 0.06 |
| Ever smoker, n (%) | 2460 (52.2) | 579 (59.5) | <0.001 |
| Exercise intensity, n (%) | |||
| Sedentary | 362 (7.7) | 148 (15.2) | <0.001 |
| Low | 2201 (46.7) | 504 (51.9) | |
| Average | 1690 (35.8) | 268 (27.6) | |
| High | 462 (9.8) | 52 (5.3) | |
| Education level, n (%) | |||
| Some high school or less | 1310 (27.8) | 365 (37.5) | <0.001 |
| High school graduate or technical college | 2413 (51.2) | 437 (45.0) | |
| College graduate or professional | 994 (21.0) | 172 (17.5) | |
| Body mass index, (kg/m2) | 26.7 ±0.07 | 26.2 ±0.15 | 0.001 |
| Lipids, mg/dl | |||
| LDL cholesterol | 130.7 ±0.59 | 125.8 ± 1.42 | 0.002 |
| HDL cholesterol | 54.7 ±0.26 | 51.4 ±0.57 | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides | 120.0 (92.0–164.0) | 122.5 (91.0–166.5) | 0.53 |
| Interleukin–6, pg/ml | 1.59 (1.11–2.40) | 2.27 (1.56–3.43) | <0.001 |
| C–reactive protein, mg/l | 1.83 (0.93–3.25) | 2.33 (1.17–4.92) | <0.001 |
| Co-morbidities, n (%) | |||
| Hypertension | 2019 (42.8) | 518 (53.2) | <0.001 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 1340 (28.4) | 403 (41.2) | <0.001 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 97 (2.1) | 39 (4.0) | <0.001 |
| Coronary heart disease | 802 (17.0) | 302 (31.0) | <0.001 |
| Congestive heart failure | 144 (3.1) | 108 (11.1) | <0.001 |
| Family history of cardiovascular disease | 1375 (31.8) | 297 (34.0) | 0.26 |
| Cardiovascular medication use, n (%) | |||
| Beta-blocker | 595 (12.6) | 107 (11.0) | 0.12 |
| ACE-inhibitor | 286 (6.1) | 106 (10.9) | <0.001 |
| Aspirin | 144 (3.1) | 43 (4.4) | 0.03 |
| Calcium channel blocker | 583 (12.4) | 174 (17.9) | <0.001 |
ACE: angiotensin converting enzyme; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein.
Continuous data are presented as mean ± standard error (SE) or median (interquartile range). Categorical data are shown as number and percentage values.
a
t-test and χ2 test were used.