Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

From: Emergency department utilization in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a nationwide population-based study

Variables

ED visit (-)

N = 11,333

ED visits ( +)

N = 3209

P value

Age, years

62.3 ± 13.2

66.8 ± 13.8

 < 0.001

Men, n (%)

7511 (66.3)

1843 (57.4)

 < 0.001

Low-income, a n (%)

2009 (17.7)

699 (21.8)

0.002

Comorbidities, n (%)

Hypertension

6771 (59.8)

2146 (66.9)

 < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus

1952 (17.2)

737 (23.0)

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia

5680 (50.1)

1617 (50.4)

0.131

Heart failure

3782 (33.4)

1530 (47.7)

 < 0.001

Stroke/TIA/thromboembolism

1629 (14.4)

855 (26.6)

 < 0.001

Myocardial infarction

570 (5.03)

308 (9.6)

 < 0.001

Atrial fibrillation/flutter

1817 (16.0)

842 (26.2)

 < 0.001

COPD

1129 (10.0)

523 (16.3)

 < 0.001

Chronic kidney disease

887 (7.8)

460 (14.3)

 < 0.001

ICD implanted, n (%)

210 (1.9)

75 (2.3)

0.047

Disease duration of HCM, months

70.0 ± 64.4

61.3 ± 65.6

 < 0.001

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ED emergency department, HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ICD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, TIA transient ischemic attack.
  2. aLow-income indicated the lowest quartile (25%) of income level.
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