Table 1.

Comparison of Demographic and Pre- and Post-operative Characteristics by Gender

Variable	Women (N=42)	Men (N=169)	P-value
Demographic characteristics
Age of recipient at transplant (years)	48.8 ± 12.0	57.1 ± 8.5	<.001
Race			0.008
White	34 (81%)	160 (95%)
Black	8 (19%)	7 (4%)
Asian	0 (0%)	2 (1%)
Marital Status			<.001
Divorced/separated	9 (21%)	17 (10%)
Married	24 (57%)	139 (82%)
Single	7 (17%)	5 (3%)
Widowed	2 (5%)	8 (5%)
Education			0.85
High school degree or less	16 (38%)	67 (40%)
College degree or more	26 (62%)	102 (60%)
Pre-operative characteristics
Heart Disease Etiology			<.001
Idiopathic	24 (57%)	38 (22%)
Ischemic	9 (21%)	116 (69%)
Other	9 (21%)	15 (9%)
Post-operative characteristics
Co-morbid conditions
Diabetes	8 (20%)	57 (34%)	0.07
Orthopedic Illness	7 (17%)	36 (22%)	0.53
Gout	5 (12%)	32 (19%)	0.30
Cardiovascular Disease	8 (20%)	31 (19%)	0.89
Oncologic Illness	7 (17%)	40 (24%)	0.35
GI Illness	8 (20%)	39 (23%)	0.60
Renal Illness	5 (12%)	74 (44%)	<.001
Psychiatric Condition	14 (34%)	38 (23%)	0.13
Coronary Artery Disease	10 (24%)	65 (38%)	0.08
Coronary Heart Failure	0 (.%)	2 (100%)	.
Hypertension	30 (73%)	143 (86%)	0.06
Hyperlipidemia	29 (71%)	125 (75%)	0.59
Pulmonary Disease	6 (15%)	16 (10%)	0.35
Infection Co-Existing Illness	3 (7%)	14 (8%)	0.82
Total number of rejection episodes	2.1 ± 1.9	1.6 ± 1.6	0.06
Total number of infection episodes	0.6 ± 1.0	0.8 ± 1.3	0.24
At least on rejection episode	35 (83%)	119 (70%)	0.09
At least one infection episode	14 (33%)	78 (46%)	0.13
New York Heart Functional Class			0.45
I	23 (55%)	111 (65%)
II	17 (40%)	54 (32%)
III	0 (0%)	1 (1%)
missing	2 (5%)	3 (2%)