Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients With and Without Post‐TAVR PPMI

Patient Characteristic	TAVR Without PPMI (n=69 527)	TAVR With PPMI (n=7878)	P Value
Age, y, mean±SD	80.1±8.6	81.7±7.4	<0.001
Male sex	51.9	54.8	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus	37.7	39.9	<0.001
Hypertension	62.1	64.9	<0.001
Peripheral vascular disease	23.1	22.5	0.20
Carotid artery disease	2.1	1.7	0.06
Chronic pulmonary disease	27.0	26.8	0.65
Home oxygen	5.6	5.4	0.57
Prior sternotomy	19.9	19.5	0.43
Anemia	24.2	26.3	<0.001
Prior history of stroke	9.9	9.1	0.02
Atrial fibrillation	38.7	43.6	<0.001
Conduction disorders	18.6	57.6	<0.001
Chronic kidney disease	34.5	38.6	<0.001
Dialysis dependence	2.5	3.2	<0.001
Smoking	11.7	12.0	0.54
Dementia	4.8	6.1	<0.001
Parkinson disease	1.3	1.2	0.40
Calorie protein malnutrition	2.2	2.4	0.37
Malignancy	5.7	5.8	0.82
Obesity	17.2	17.8	0.20
Liver cirrhosis	0.5	0.4	0.01
Coronary artery disease	67.5	68.6	0.04
Teaching hospital	54.0	60.1	<0.001
Medicare/Medicaid insurance	91.7	93.1	<0.001
Large hospital bed size	78.1	80.5	0.001
Lowest quartile household income	19.7	16.8	<0.001
Elective admission	78.6	75.6	<0.001
Transfemoral TAVR access	94.3	95.6	<0.001

Data are percentages except as noted. PPMI indicates permanent pacemaker implantation; and TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement.