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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Aug 25;8(1):88–100. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.06.006

Table 3.

Distribution of demographics and comorbidities over time for patients receiving PPM

Overall comparisons between groups
1988 – 1993
(N=214)
1994 – 1999
(N=318)
2000 – 2005
(N=449)
2006 – 2011
(N=401)
2012 – 2018
(N=545)
Total
(N=1927)
p value
Age 0.04
 Mean (SD) 75.4 (13.5) 75.4 (13.7) 76.8 (11.8) 76.8 (12.7) 77.9 (11.7) 76.7 (12.5)
 Range (23.0–97.0) (26.0–100.0) (25.0–99.0) (21.0–100.0) (23.0–99.0) (21.0–100.0)
Sex 0.005
 Female 108 (50.5%) 150 (47.2%) 246 (54.8%) 182 (45.4%) 236 (43.3%) 922 (47.8%)
 Male 106 (49.5%) 168 (52.8%) 203 (45.2%) 219 (54.6%) 309 (56.7%) 1005 (52.2%)
Atrial fibrillation 139 (65.0%) 208 (65.4%) 333 (74.2%) 288 (71.8%) 407 (74.7%) 1375 (71.4%) 0.005
Coronary artery disease 160 (74.8%) 255 (80.2%) 349 (77.7%) 305 (76.1%) 366 (67.2%) 1435 (74.5%) 0.0001
Congestive heart failure 166 (77.6%) 236 (74.2%) 341 (75.9%) 263 (65.6%) 340 (62.4%) 1346 (69.8%) <0.0001
Chronic kidney disease 77 (36.0%) 160 (50.3%) 254 (56.6%) 202 (50.4%) 263 (48.3%) 956 (49.6%) <0.0001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 71 (33.2%) 136 (42.8%) 183 (40.8%) 139 (34.7%) 180 (33.0%) 709 (36.8%) 0.01
Diabetes 87 (40.7%) 158 (49.7%) 267 (59.5%) 277 (69.1%) 381 (69.9%) 1170 (60.7%) <0.0001
Hypertension 161 (75.2%) 276 (86.8%) 409 (91.1%) 372 (92.8%) 480 (88.1%) 1698 (88.1%) <0.0001
Obesity 106 (49.5%) 162 (50.9%) 224 (49.9%) 233 (58.1%) 317 (58.2%) 1042 (54.1%) 0.01
Valvular heart disease 39 (18.2%) 43 (13.5%) 76 (16.9%) 68 (17.0%) 90 (16.5%) 316 (16.4%) 0.62
Hyperlipidemia 79 (36.9%) 193 (60.7%) 346 (77.1%) 350 (87.3%) 471 (86.4%) 1439 (74.7%) <0.0001
Any cancer* 14 (6.5%) 47 (14.8%) 96 (21.4%) 93 (23.2%) 135 (24.8%) 385 (20.0%) <0.0001
Charlson comorbidity index
Mean (SD) 1.1 (1.3) 1.6 (1.5) 1.9 (1.6) 2.0 (1.8) 2.3 (1.9) <0.001
*

including lymphoma, leukemia and metastatic solid organ tumors

p-value compares demographics over time groups