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. 2017 Aug 7;25(10):574–580. doi: 10.1007/s12471-017-1016-x

Table 2.

Comparison of patient characteristics of DO-IT Registry (date) with ICD arms of MADIT II and SCD-HeFT Trial

Patient characteristics DO-IT (n = 1,461a) DO-IT (n = 1,308, 153 patients excluded) SCD-HeFT
(n = 829)
MADIT II
(n = 742)
Age (years)
 Mean (SD) 66 (10) 66 (10) 64 (10)
 Median (IQR) (68) (60–73) (68) (60–73) 60 (52–68)
Men (%) 73 72 77 84
LVEF
 Mean (SD) 26 (6) 26 (6) 23 (5)
 Median (IQR) 27 (21–30) 26 (21–30) 24 (19–30)
NYHA
 I (%) 14 9 35
 II (%) 61 65 70 35
 III (%) 22 23 30 25
 (%) <1 5
 Unknown (%) 3 3
Ischaemic cardiomyopathy (%) 56 54 52 100
Diabetes (%) 27 27 31 33
Hypertension (%) 43 43 55 53
Atrial fibrillation (%) 30 31 17 9

Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or median (25th–75th percentiles)

DO-IT Dutch Outcome in ICD therapy,ICD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, SCD-HeFT Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial, MADIT II Multicentre Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-II, IQR interquartile range, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, NYHA New York Heart Association

aPreliminary data as of February 13, 2017.