Table 4.
Medical comorbidities descriptive summary
| Statistic or category | Overall† (N = 1034) | Less satisfaction‡ (mean score <3.37) (N = 531) |
Greater satisfaction‡ (mean score ≥3.37) (N = 503) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comorbidity sum | ||||
| N | 1027 | 526 | 501 | .93 |
| Mean (SD) | 1.8 (1.37) | 1.8 (1.40) | 1.8 (1.35) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| History of OHT | ||||
| No | 974 (94.8%) | 506 (52.0%) | 468 (48.0%) | .04 |
| Yes | 53 (5.2%) | 20 (37.7%) | 33 (62.3%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Hypercholesterolemia | ||||
| No | 574 (55.9%) | 288 (50.2%) | 286 (49.8%) | .45 |
| Yes | 453 (44.1%) | 238 (52.5%) | 215 (47.5%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Hypertension | ||||
| No | 518 (50.4%) | 255 (49.2%) | 263 (50.8%) | .20 |
| Yes | 509 (49.6%) | 271 (53.2%) | 238 (46.8%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| History of MI, PCI, or CABG | ||||
| No | 827 (80.5%) | 424 (51.3%) | 403 (48.7%) | .95 |
| Yes | 200 (19.5%) | 102 (51.0%) | 98 (49.0%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Current or former smoking history | ||||
| No | 890 (86.7%) | 457 (51.3%) | 433 (48.7%) | .83 |
| Yes | 137 (13.3%) | 69 (50.4%) | 68 (49.6%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Pacemaker or ICD present | ||||
| No | 899 (87.5%) | 459 (51.1%) | 440 (48.9%) | .79 |
| Yes | 128 (12.5%) | 67 (52.3%) | 61 (47.7%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| LVAD present | ||||
| No | 1014 (98.7%) | 521 (51.4%) | 493 (48.6%) | .36 |
| Yes | 13 (1.3%) | 5 (38.5%) | 8 (61.5%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Chronic kidney disease | ||||
| No | 936 (91.1%) | 480 (51.3%) | 456 (48.7%) | .89 |
| Yes | 91 (8.9%) | 46 (50.5%) | 45 (49.5%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Liver disease | ||||
| No | 985 (95.9%) | 508 (51.6%) | 477 (48.4%) | .27 |
| Yes | 42 (4.1%) | 18 (42.9%) | 24 (57.1%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
| 1 or more cardiac comorbidity present | ||||
| No | 194 (18.9%) | 100 (51.5%) | 94 (48.5%) | .92 |
| Yes | 833 (81.1%) | 426 (51.1%) | 407 (48.9%) | . |
| Missing | 7 | 5 | 2 | . |
CABG = coronary artery bypass surgery; ICD = implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LVAD = left ventricular assist device; MI = myocardial infarction; OHT = orthotopic heart transplantation; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.
†
Percentages in the overall column are out of the total number of study participants (excluding missing patients).
‡
Percentages in the less and greater satisfaction columns are out of the total number of participants for each category.