Table 5 Subgroup analysis regarding 1-year mortality.

From: Resting heart rate assessed within clinical practice demonstrates no prognostic relevance for defibrillator recipients in the German DEVICE registry

Subgroup

N

≤ 70 bpm [%]

> 70 bpm [%]

p

Age ≤ 65 years

824

2.7

1.6

0.32

Age > 65 years

765

8.2

9.4

0.66

Male

1230

5.7

5.4

0.81

Female

359

4.2

5.2

0.68

Single chamber ICD

958

6.2

4.7

0.32

Dual chamber ICD

214

0.8

9.2

0.003

CRT-D

417

6.3

5.1

0.62

Primary prevention

1014

5.0

4.7

0.84

Secondary prevention

575

6.0

6.6

0.84

Coronary artery disease

931

7.6

8.0

0.86

Dilated cardiomyopathy

370

1.2

2.1

0.57

Congestive heart failure (+ LVEF ≤ 40%)

741

7.0

4.8

0.20

LVEF > 55%

140

2.7

5.3

0.43

LVEF ≤ 55%

1349

5.6

5.3

0.82

NYHA III – IV

617

6.7

6.4

0.82

NYHA I – II

729

3.8

5.0

0.49

Diabetes mellitus

399

10.9

6.0

0.077

No diabetes mellitus

1189

3.7

5.1

0.26

Peripheral artery disease

90

15.9

6.7

0.18

No peripheral artery disease

1498

4.9

5.3

0.74

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

123

10.9

11.4

0.97

No chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1465

5.0

4.8

0.86

  1. Comparison of patients with an ICD or CRT-D regarding a resting heart rate ≤ 70 vs. > 70 bpm. One-year mortality was calculated by Kaplan-Meier estimator and p-values by log-rank test. Parameters are shown as %. CRT-D cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator, ICD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, NYHA New York Heart Association.