Table 1.

Baseline cohort characteristics with and without left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Age (95% CI)	63.6 (63.4, 63.7)	68.5 (68.0, 69.0)
Female (%)	18270 (44.5)	1082 (27.5)
Race (%)
Non-Hispanic White	36601 (89.1)	3513 (89.4)
Black	1810 (4.4)	206 (5.2)
Other	2647 (6.4)	209 (5.3)
Hispanic (%)	1776 (4.3)	121 (3.1)
Congestive heart failure (%)	14530 (35.4)	3776 (95.9)
Myocardial infarction (%)	6498 (15.8)	1625 (41.4)
Hypertension (%)	27090 (66.0)	3066 (78.1)
Diabetes mellitus (%)	10283 (25.0)	1398 (35.6)
Renal disease (%)	11997 (29.2)	1806 (46.0)
Cerebrovascular disease (%)	8645 (21.1)	1055 (26.9)
Peripheral vascular disease (%)	16947 (41.3)	2611 (66.5)
COPD (%)	11613 (28.3)	1380 (35.1)
Connective tissue/rheumatologic disease (%)	2963 (7.2)	284 (7.2)
EF below 30% by TTE (%)	0 (0.0)	1848 (47.0%)
EF below 50% by TTE (%)	4262 (10.4)	3928 (100%)

^*CI, confidence interval; EF, ejection fraction; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram