Table 1.

Baseline Cardiovascular Characteristics by Vital Status (N = 8,578)

	Alive		Deceased
	(N = 7,291)		(N = 1,287)
	n	%	n	%
Age >80 years	2,278	31.2	795	61.8
Female gender	4,284	58.8	742	57.7
Cardiovascular chronic conditions
Atrial fibrillation	1,207	16.6	442	34.3
Coronary artery disease	2,742	37.6	641	49.8
Heart failure	1,144	15.7	599	46.5
Hypertension	6,718	92.1	1,193	92.7
Number of cardiovascular chronic conditions
0	270	3.7	20	1.6
1	3,657	50.2	362	28.1
2	2,216	30.4	395	30.7
3	870	11.9	317	24.6
4	278	3.8	193	15.0
Cardiovascular medications
Beta blocker	3,373	46.3	614	47.7
Renin–angiotensin system blockers	3,977	54.6	615	47.8
Thiazide	3,282	45.0	725	56.3
Number of cardiovascular medications
0	1,260	17.3	214	16.6
1	2,563	35.2	418	32.5
2	2,335	32.0	429	33.3
3	1,133	15.5	226	17.6
Comorbidity score ≥ 2a	2,896	39.7	942	73.2

Note: ^aComorbidity ≥ 2 indicates two or more comorbid conditions from the Elixhauser scale excluding the study conditions (3).