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. 2019 Dec 3;13(2):31–37. doi: 10.17925/HI.2019.13.2.31

Table 1: Baseline demographics.

All subjects, n=168 Subjects with ≤8 comorbidities and >2.2 hours overall mean activity, n=65 Subjects with >8 comorbidities and ≤2.2 hours overall mean activity, n=27
Age, years (SD) 63.0 (22.8) 65.0 (10.3) 74.7 (11.8)
Sex, % male 75.0% 75.4% 66.6%
BMI, kg/m2 (SD) 29.5 (15.7) 30.0 (6.1) 29.6 (5.1)
LVEF, % (SD) 34.5 (28.8) 37.9 (12.6) 36.9 (13.3)
Total comorbidities, n (SD) 7.8 (3.5) 5.5 (1.9) 11.8 (3.0)
Overall activity level, hours per day (SD) 2.7 (1.6) 4.1 (1.4) 1.5 (0.6)
Aetiology, % ischaemic 57.7% 44.6% 70.4%
Device type, % ICD 72.6% 75.4% 63.0%
NYHA-FC
I 48.8% 61.5% 29.6%
II 39.3% 36.9% 40.7%
III 11.9% 1.5% 29.6%
≥1 hospitalisations 17.3% 6.2% 22.2%

BMI = body mass index; ICD = implantable cardioverter defibrillator (versus bi-ventricular pacemaker); LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA-FC = New York Heart Association-Functional Class; SD = standard deviation.