Table 1 Sample description of social/demographic and clinical variables
Employment Status (%) | Marital Status (%) | ||
Working | 13.6 | Single | 9.5 |
Homemaker | 8.9 | Married | 75.0 |
Retired | 59.2 | Divorced | 6.0s |
Unemployed | 2.4 | Widowed | 8.3 |
Disabled | 16.0 | Other | 1.2 |
Education Level (%) | Clinical (%) | ||
None | 8.1 | ICD | 47.8 |
Primary | 45.3 | PM | 28.6 |
Secondary | 12.2 | CRT | 23.6 |
Professional Degree | 16.9 | ||
Higher | 17.4 | ||
Risk Factors (%) | Heart Disease | ||
Hypertension | 59.5 | Ischemic | 53.4 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 53.7 | Dilated cardiomyopathy (non-ischemic) | 33.6 |
History of AFib | 38.8 | Valvular | 6.9 |
Smoking | 37.2 | Brugada syndrome | 2.3 |
Diabetes | 28.1 | Other | 6.1 |
History of renal insufficiency | 17.4 | None | 3.8 |
History of sudden death | 8.3 | ||
Stroke | 8.3 | ||
CareLink use (%) | Sex (%) | ||
Experienced | 76.7 | Women | 23.0 |
First implantation: Naïve | 21.0 | Men | 77.0 |
Replacement/upgrade: Naïve | 2.3 | ||
Sample size (N) | 186 | ||