TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics
| Patients | |
|---|---|
| N = 793 | |
| Age (mean ± SD); years | 72.9 ± 14.5 |
| Male | 71.7± |
| Female | 75.2 |
| Male; (n, %) | 470 (59.3) |
| City residents; (n, %) | 525 (70.7) |
| Activity; (n, %) | |
| Working | 74 (9.5) |
| Retired | 615 (78.6) |
| On sick leave | 51 (6.5) |
| Unemployed | 42 (5.4) |
| Risk factors; (n, %) | |
| Hypertension | 366 (46.2) |
| Dyslipidemia | 106 (13.4) |
| Diabetes | 184 (23.2) |
| Active smoker | 47 (5.9) |
| Comorbidities; (n, %) | |
| Renal failure | 124 (15.6) |
| Dialysis | 14 (1.8) |
| COPD | 157 (19.8) |
| Sleep apnea | 86 (10.8) |
| Medical history; (n, %) | |
| Angioplasty | 248 (31.3) |
| Coronary bypass | 130 (16.4) |
| Pacemaker | 153 (19.3) |
| ICD | 120 (15.1) |
| Valve surgery | 143 (18.0) |
| LVEF a ; (n, %) | 72 (40.0) |
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; LVEF, left ventricular ejectionfraction; SD, standard deviation.
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Only 180 patients answered this question.