Table 2.
Comparison of the clinical factors and co-morbidity at baseline (the date at heart failure diagnosis) in cases and controls, adjusted for gender
| Characteristics | Cases (n = 1,691) |
Controls (n = 6,764) |
p-value1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||
| LBBB | 55 (3.2) | 43 (3.6) | 12 (2.4) | 120 (1.7) | 77 (1.5) | 43 (2.3) | < 0.001 |
| RBBB | 53 (3.1) | 40 (3.3) | 13 (2.6) | 62 (0.9) | 47 (0.9) | 15 (0.8) | < 0.001 |
| AF | 92 (5.5) | 61 (5.1) | 31 (6.2) | 206 (3.1) | 142 (2.8) | 64 (3.5) | < 0.001 |
| VT | 137 (8.2) | 97 (8.1) | 40 (8.0) | 331 (4.8) | 234 (4.7) | 97 (5.3) | < 0.001 |
| Stroke | 46 (2.7) | 37 (3.1) | 9 (1.8) | 91 (1.3) | 81 (1.6) | 10 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
| STEMI | 1,008 (59.6) | 728 (60.9) | 280 (56.3) | 4,331 (64.0) | 3,203 (64.8) | 1,128 (61.7) | 0.001 |
| Thrombolytic | 656 (38.7) | 480 (40.2) | 176 (35.4) | 1,614 (23.8) | 2,247 (45.5) | 740 (40.5) | < 0.001 |
| Hospital mortality | 308 (18.2) | 196 (16.4) | 112 (22.5) | 821 (12.1) | 553 (11.2) | 268 (14.6) | < 0.001 |
| Hospital stay | 6.8±15.7 | 7.4±16.8 | 5.5±12.5 | 28.0±36.0 | 28.3±36.0 | 27.5±36.0 | < 0.001 |
Values are presented as number (%).
LBBB, left bundle branch block; RBBB, right bundle branch block; AF, atrial fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
1
Comparison of cases with controls.