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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Jun 13;69(23):2821–2830. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.026

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Age 18–39 years 192 (49.4%)
40–69 years 183 (47.0%)
≥70 years 14 (3.6%)

Gender Male 199 (51.2%)

Race White 356 (91.5%)
Black 16 (4.1%)
Asian 10 (2.6%)
Other 7 (1.8%)

Education Post-college 127 (34.1%)
College graduate 116 (31.2%)
Some college 75 (20.2%)
High school graduate/GED 54 (14.5%)

Marital status Married/unmarried partners 214 (56.9%)
Divorced or separated 37 (9.8%)
Widowed 5 (1.3%)
Never married 120 (31.9%)

Household income ≤$25,000 63 (18.2%)
$25,001 – 50,000 51 (14.7%)
$50,0001–$75,000 72 (20.8%)
$75,0001–$100,000 48 (13.9%)
>$100,000 112 (32.4%)

Health insurance Private coverage 282 (78.3%)
Non-private 78 (21.7%)

Employment Full-time 178 (48%)
Part-time 23 (6.2%)
Student 35 (9.4%)
Self-employed 21 (5.7%)
Retired 27 (7.3%)
Unable to work/disabled 58 (15.6%)
Unemployed 17 (4.6%)
Homemaker 12 (3.2%)

Alcohol Use Never or once monthly 161 (42.1%)
>1 monthly but not daily 192 (50.3%)
Almost everyday 29 (7.6%)

Hearing impairment Yes 39 (10.3%)

Vision impairment Yes 317 (83.4%)

Smoking Smoker (>100 cigarettes) 132 (34.6%)
Non-smoker 250 (65.4%)

Recreational drug use Never 256 (65.8%)
Past 72 (18.5%)
Current 61 (15.7%)

Prior surgeries 0 105 (27.0%)
1–2 154 (39.6%)
3+ 130 (33.4%)

Co-morbid conditions 0–2 113 (29%)
3–6 199 (51.2%)
7+ 77 (19.8%)

Beta blocker use Yes 313 (80.5%)

ARB use Yes 142 (36.5%)

Age at diagnosis (years) <5 52 (15.0%)
5–17 122 (35.2%)
18–39 127 (36.6%)
40+ 46 (13.3%)

Depression (Ever) Yes 79 (24.8%)

MFS severity score Mild (0–2) 27 (6.9%)
Typical (38) 200 (51.4)
Severe (9+) 162 (41.7%)