Table.
Characteristics of the Study Sample, Separately for Patients Who Received CRT-P and CRT-D Devices
| CRT-P, N (%) |
CRT-D, N (%) |
SMD | All, N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5285 (44) | 16 731 (28) | 0.34 | 22 016 (31) |
| Age 65–70 | 1039 (9) | 10 469 (18) | −0.265 | 11 508 (16) |
| Age 70–75 | 1889 (16) | 15 184 (26) | −0.240 | 17 073 (24) |
| Age 75–80 | 2616 (22) | 16 690 (28) | −0.141 | 19 306 (27) |
| Age 80–85 | 3152 (26) | 12 477 (21) | 0.129 | 15 629 (22) |
| Age 85+ | 3229 (27) | 4714 (8) | 0.521 | 7943 (1 1) |
| 2006 | 1229 (10) | 10 584 (18) | −0.216 | 11813 (17) |
| 2007 | 1339 (11) | 9401 (16) | −0.134 | 10 740 (15) |
| 2008 | 1472 (12) | 8518 (14) | −0.058 | 9990 (14) |
| 2009 | 1698 (14) | 8807 (15) | −0.016 | 10 505 (1 5) |
| 2010 | 2049 (17) | 8557 (14) | 0.077 | 10 606 (15) |
| 2011 | 2038 (17) | 7303 (12) | 0.137 | 9341 (13) |
| 2012 | 2100 (18) | 6364 (1 1) | 0.200 | 8464 (12) |
| Race white | 11 399 (96) | 55 145 (93) | 0.126 | 66 544 (93) |
| Race black | 346 (3) | 3403 (6) | −0.139 | 3749 (5) |
| Race Hispanic | 55 (0) | 267 (0) | 0.002 | 322 (0) |
| Race other | 118 (1) | 677 (1) | −0.014 | 795 (1) |
| Ischemic disease | 7339 (62) | 45 244 (76) | −0.316 | 52 583 (74) |
| Cardiomyopathy | 3641 (31) | 27 636 (46) | −0.331 | 31 277 (44) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 7983 (67) | 23 086 (39) | 0.588 | 31 069 (43) |
| Conduction disorder | 3775 (32) | 21 845 (37) | −0.106 | 25 620 (36) |
| Arrhythmia | 3808 (32) | 15 235 (26) | 0.140 | 19 043 (27) |
| Prior HF admission | 1945 (16) | 12 194 (20) | −0.108 | 14 139 (20) |
| Cardiac arrest | 94 (1) | 1171 (2) | −0.101 | 1265 (2) |
| 3+ comorbidities | 5287 (44) | 25 842 (43) | 0.019 | 31 129 (44) |
| 2 comorbidities | 2642 (22) | 13 412 (23) | −0.009 | 16 054 (22) |
| 1 comorbidity | 2514 (21) | 11 880 (20) | 0.028 | 14 394 (20) |
| No comorbidities | 1482 (12) | 8400 (14) | −0.050 | 9882 (14) |
CRT-D indicates cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators; CRT-P, CRT- pacemaker; HF, heart failure; and SMD, standardized mean difference.