Table 1  Baseline profile between different LVEF groups.

From: Association of left ventricular ejection fraction with risk of cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study

LVEF

All

40–55%

55–64%

≥ 65%

N(%)

35,277(100)

12,753(36.2)

20,704(58.7)

1820(5.2)

Age at imaging

63.67 ± 7.52

64.2 ± 7.61

63.31 ± 7.46

64.09 ± 7.38

Sex

 

 Male

16,011(45.4)

5516(43.3)

12,442(60.1)

1308(71.9)

 Female

19,266(54.6)

7237(56.8)

8262(39.9)

512(28.1)

Ethnic background

 British

32,200(91.3)

11,704(91.8)

18,862(91.1)

1634(89.8)

 Others

3077(8.7)

1049(8.2)

1842(8.9)

186(10.2)

Education

 College or University degree

17,395(49.31)

6095(47.8)

10,372(50.1)

928(51)

 A levels/AS levels or equivalent

4310(12.22)

1545(12.1)

2558(12.4)

207(11.4)

 O levels/GCSEs or equivalent

6225(17.65)

2284(17.9)

3619(17.5)

322(17.7)

 CSEs or equivalent

1310(3.71)

501(3.9)

750(3.6)

59(3.2)

 NVQ or equivalent

1988(5.64)

817(6.4)

1083(5.2)

88(4.8)

 Others

1713(4.86)

610(4.8)

1013(4.9)

90(5)

 Unknown

2336(6.62)

901(7.1)

1309(6.3)

126(6.9)

Townsend deprivation index

-1.92 ± 2.7

-1.91 ± 2.71

-1.93 ± 2.71

-1.92 ± 2.64

BMI, kg/m2

26.34 ± 4.31

26.38 ± 4.31

26.3 ± 4.3

26.48 ± 4.46

Average heart rate, bpm

62.71 ± 10.24

62.8 ± 10.32

62.35 ± 10.03

66.12 ± 11.38

Summed MET, min/week

2453 ± 2419

2502 ± 2481

2426 ± 2386

2412 ± 2344

Smoking status

 Never

22,267(63.1)

7837(61.5)

13,252(64)

1178(64.7)

 Previous

11,472(32.5)

4262(33.4)

6639(32.1)

571(31.4)

 Current

1214(3.4)

532(4.2)

628(3)

54(3)

 Unknown

324(0.9)

122(1)

185(0.9)

17(0.9)

Alcohol intake frequency

 Daily

5823(16.5)

2159(16.9)

3374(16.3)

290(15.9)

 Often

19,353(54.9)

6963(54.6)

11,368(54.9)

1022(56.2)

 Seldom

7643(21.7)

2693(21.1)

4562(22)

388(21.3)

 Never

2229(6.3)

853(6.7)

1269(6.1)

107(5.9)

 Unknown

229(0.7)

85(0.7)

131(0.6)

13(0.7)

Comorbidity

 Hypertension

17,971(50.9)

6297(49.4)

10,509(50.8)

1165(64)

 High cholesterol

10,981(31.1)

4087(32.1)

6303(30.4)

591(32.5)

 Diabetes

384(4.9)

747(5.9)

961(4.6)

81(4.5)