Table 2.

Baseline Clinical Characteristics of Analyzed Groups Before (Left Panel) and After Propensity-Matching (Right Panel)

Variable	Unmatched			Matched
SAVR n = 4747	TAVI n = 439	P	SAVR n = 348	TAVI n = 348	P
Age, years, ±SD	66.5 ± 10.7	78.6 ± 7.2	<.001	76.7 ± 6.0	77.1 ± 7.2	.338
Prior myocarditis	3.4%	4.1%	.554	3.7%	3.7%	.842
Prior MI	10.6%	21.4%	<.001	19.5%	19.3%	1.000
CCS	80.7%	95.0%	<.001	94.3%	94.0%	1.000
Heart failure	29.9%	65.2%	<.001	62.1%	58.9%	.438
Hypertension	79.0%	94.5%	<.001	93.4%	93.1%	1.000
Diabetes	28.3%	49.0%	<.001	50.6%	46.6%	.324
Hypercholesterolemia	21.9%	28.9%	.001	28.7%	26.4%	.553
Atrial fibrillation	12.6%	30.5%	<.001	27.6%	28.5%	.866
Prior pulmonary edema	2.6%	6.6%	<.001	4.3%	4.9%	.856
COPD	10.9%	24.2%	<.001	23.0%	22.4%	.928
Chronic kidney disease	3.4%	9.6%	<.001	7.8%	7.8%	.887
Cancer	23.1%	38.3%	<.001	39.7%	35.6%	.309
Prior stroke	4.4%	13.4%	<.001	10.6%	9.5%	.705

CCS, chronic coronary syndrome; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI, myocardial infarction; SAVR, surgical aortic valve replacement; SD, standard deviation; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.