Table 1a –

Baseline demographics and comorbidities according to sex, N (%), mean±SD

	Women	Men
Characteristic	882 (49.9)	885 (50.1)
Age*	72.1±9.9	71.0±9.5
White race‡	643 (73)	741 (84)
LVEF‡	59.8±8.0	56.6±7.1
Atrial fibrillation*	348 (39)	395 (45)
Coronary artery disease‡	336 (38)	479 (54)
Angina‡	203 (23)	283 (32)
MI‡	126 (14)	233 (26)
CABG‡	100 (11)	236 (27)
PCI‡	139 (16)	205 (23)
Hypertension*	807 (91)	781 (88)
Diabetes mellitus‡	354 (40)	434 (49)
Dyslipidemia‡	596 (68)	654 (74)
Tobacco use*	46 (5)	71 (8)
COPD†	125 (14)	166 (19)

LVEF = Left ventricular ejection fraction HF = Heart failure MI = Myocardial infarction CABG = Coronary artery bypass graft PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NYHA = New York Heart Association GFR = glomerular filtration rate SBP = Systolic blood pressure

Men versus women:

^*p<0.05.

^†p<0.01.

^‡p<0.001