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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2016 May 11;4(9):689–697. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2016.03.010

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

DCM (N=14447) RCM (N=823) ICM (N=11799) HCM (N=602) Valvular (N=584) CHD (N=964) Other (N=1528)

Females 4562 (32) 291 (35) 1556 (13) 231 (38) 208 (36) 385 (40) 535 (35)

Age, (yrs) 49+/−13 53+/−12 58+/−8 46+/−14 54+/−11 36+/−12 45+/−15

Race
White 8190 (57) 600 (73) 9380 (80) 489 (81) 396 (68) 795 (82) 1101 (72)
Black 4461 (31) 166 (20) 1210 (10) 52 (9) 105 (18) 82 (9) 247 (16)
Hispanic 1260 (9) 36 (4) 757 (6) 35 (6) 51 (9) 55 (6) 125 (8)
Other 536 (4) 21 (3) 452 (4) 26 (4) 32 (5) 32 (3) 55 (4)

Insurance
Private 7658 (53) 590 (72) 5994 (51) 411 (68) 327 (56) 584 (61) 877 (57)
Medicare 3826 (26) 157 (19) 4142 (35) 110 (18) 170 (29) 152 (16) 400 (26)
Medicaid 2106 (15) 40 (5) 1028 (9) 56 (9) 63 (11) 185 (19) 188 (12)
Other 857 (6) 36 (4) 635 (5) 25 (4) 24 (4) 43 (4) 63 (4)

BMI, kg/m2
14–19 734 (5) 46 (6) 266 (2) 35 (6) 46 (8) 138 (14) 97 (6)
20–24 3842 (27) 262 (32) 2715 (23) 179 (30) 197 (34) 347 (36) 465 (30)
25–29 4877 (34) 305 (37) 4727 (40) 207 (34) 233 (40) 269 (28) 527 (34)
30–34 3457 (24) 167 (20) 3100 (26) 142 (24) 83 (14) 163 (17) 316 (21)
35–40 1514 (10) 43 (5) 974 (8) 38 (6) 25 (4) 45 (5) 118 (8)

UNOS Status
1A 3319 (23) 145 (18) 2539 (22) 100 (17) 115 (20) 107 (11) 420 (27)
1B 6089 (42) 212 (26) 4175 (35) 164 (27) 198 (34) 259 (27) 331 (22)
2 4421 (31) 439 (53) 4544 (39) 330 (55) 258 (44) 569 (59) 727 (48)
Inactive 625 (4) 27 (3) 541 (5) * 13 (2) 29 (3) 50 (3)

ABO blood type
O 6685 (46) 349 (42) 4769 (40) 270 (45) 264 (45) 447 (46) 678 (44)
A 5073 (35) 314 (38) 4963 (42) 232 (39) 209 (36) 367 (38) 601 (39)
B 2050 (14) 124 (15) 1503 (13) 77 (17) 81 (14) 117 (12) 180 (12)
AB 639 (4) 36 (4) 564 (5) 23 (4) 30 (5) 33 (3) 69 (5)

Era
Jan1,‘04–Mar31,‘08 4729 (33) 218 (26) 4431 (38) 195 (32) 245 (42) 339 (35) 523 (34)
Apr1,‘08–Sept3,‘14 9718 (67) 605 (74) 7368 (62) 407 (68) 339 (58) 625 (65) 1005 (66)

Tobacco usage 5672 (39) 253 (31) 7356 (62) 204 (34) 226 (39) 177 (18) 371 (24)

Diabetes mellitus 3274 (23) 113 (14) 4518 (38) 47 (8) 98 (17) 67 (7) 308 (20)

Hypertension 5572 (39) 251 (31) 5962 (51) 180 (30) 203 (35) 213 (22) 661 (43)

Malignancy 1090 (8) 109 (13) 664 (6) * 25 (4) 22 (2) 128 (8)

Prior CVA 655 (5) 26 (3) 619 (5) 29 (5) 30 (5) 55 (6) 66 (4)

PVD 218 (2) 14 (2) 574 (5) * * 17 (2) 38 (2)

Dialysis at listing 353 (2) 31 (4) 305 (3) 15 (2) 18 (3) 17 (2) 143 (9)

eGFR, ml/min/1.73m2 72+/−30 66 +/−28 66 +/−26 72+/−28 65+/−30 84+/−35 59+/−31

Serum albumin, g/dl 3.6+/−0.7 3.8+/−0.7 3.7+/−0.7 3.9+/−0.7 3.8+/−0.7 3.9+/−0.8 3.6+/−0.7

Mean PAP, mm Hg 30.8 +/−9.7 29.7 +/−8.6 29.8 +/−10.0 30.6 +/−9.7 30.6 +/−9.6 26.4+/−10.9 26.1+/−8.4

CI, L/min/m2 2.1 +/−0.7 2.1 +/−0.6 2.2 +/−0.6 2.1+/−0.6 2.3 +/−0.7 2.3 +/−0.7 2.2 +/−0.7

Pk VO2, ml/kg/min 12.0 +/−3.5 12.0 +/−3.5 11.7 +/−3.0 11.8 +/−3.5 11.3+/−3.3 13.0 +/−3.6 12.2 +/−4.2

Antiarrythmics 4350 (30) 182 (22) 3800 (32) 176 (29) 203 (35) 274 (28) 259 (17)

ICD 11112 (77) 378 (46) 8879 (75) 480 (80) 405 (69) 450 (47) 418 (27)

Inotropes 5201 (36) 210 (26) 3449 (29) 157 (26) 183 (31) 226 (23) 407 (27)

LVAD 2652 (18) 31 (4) 2314 (20) 22 (4) 46 (8) 30 (3) 63 (4)

RVAD +/− LVAD Or unspecified 675 (5) 16 (2) 542 (5) 11 (2) 25 (4) 20 (2) 118 (8)

TAH or 69 (<1) * 38 (<1) * * * 16 (1)

IABP 670 (5) 28 (3) 714 (6) 12 (2) 14 (2) 12 (1) 94 (6)

ECMO 88 (1) * 99 (1) * * 17 (18) 103 (7)

Ventilator 316 (2) 12 (2) 394 (3) 10 (2) 20 (3) 26 (27) 150 (10)

Values are means +/− standard deviations or n (%).

*

Number <10 patients

BMI=body mass index, CHD=congenital heart disease, CI=cardiac index, CVA=cerebral vascular accident, IABP=intra-aortic balloon pump, DCM=dilated cardiomyopathy, eGFR=estimated glomerular filtration rate, ECMO=extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, HCM=hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ICD=implantable cardioverter defibrillator, ICM=ischemic cardiomyopathy, LVAD=left ventricular assist device, PAP=pulmonary artery pressure, Pk VO2 peak oxygen consumption, PVD= peripheral vascular disease, RCM=restrictive cardiomyopathy, RVAD=right ventricular assist device, TAH=total artificial heart, UNOS= United Network for Organ Sharing