Table 1.
Chronic heart transplant recipients’ (>1.5 years from transplant) sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (N=135).
| Variable | Value | |
| Women, n (%) | 41 (30.4) | |
| Age at time of study inclusion (years), mean (SD) | 57 (14) | |
| Time since transplant at the time of study inclusion (years) |
|
|
|
|
Whole sample, mean (SD), range | 12 (7), 2-31 |
|
|
>1.5-3, n (%) | 11 (8.1) |
|
|
3-5, n (%) | 16 (11.9) |
|
|
5-10, n(%) | 27 (20.0) |
|
|
10-15, n (%) | 37 (27.4) |
|
|
≥15, n (%) | 43 (31.9) |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27 (6) | |
| Heart failure etiology, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
Coronary/ischemic | 36 (26.7) |
|
|
Cardiomyopathy | 58 (43.0) |
|
|
Other | 41 (30.4) |
| Urgent heart transplant, n (%) | 33 (24.4) | |
| Educational attainment, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
No schooling | 15 (11.1) |
|
|
Middle school graduate | 58 (43.0) |
|
|
High school graduate | 25 (18.5) |
|
|
University graduate | 36 (26.7) |
| Employment status, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
Disability | 74 (54.8) |
|
|
Retired | 20 (14.8) |
|
|
No previous employment | 7 (5.2) |
|
|
Currently working | 33 (24.4) |
| Need or requirement for caregiver, n (%) | 28 (20.7) | |
| Lives with someone else, n (%) | 115 (85.2) | |
| Number of comorbidities, mean (SD), range | 6 (3), 0-11 | |
| Patients with comorbidity posttransplant, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
High blood pressure | 94 (69.6) |
|
|
Dyslipidemia | 73 (54.1) |
|
|
Chronic kidney failure | 58 (50.0) |
|
|
Osteopathies and chondroplasties | 52 (38.5) |
|
|
Diseases of the nervous system | 51 (37.8) |
|
|
Mood and anxiety disorders | 49 (36.3) |
|
|
Digestive system diseases or disorders | 42 (31.1) |
|
|
Diabetes mellitus | 42 (31.1) |
|
|
Neoplasia | 39 (28.9) |
|
|
Arthropathies | 27 (20.0) |
| Total number of drugs prescribed, mean (SD); range (IQR) | 12 (3); 5-21 (9-14) | |