54 Stratos
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| Control |
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| N=133 |
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| N=67 |
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| Age at Enrollment (Years) | 69.5 ± 0.9 |
| 69.1 ± 1.2 |
| 0.781* |
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| Mean ± SE |
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| Range |
| 43 to 88 |
| 38 to 84 |
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| Gender | 93 (69.9%) |
| 51 (76.1%) |
| 0.407** |
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| Male |
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| Female | 40 (30.1%) |
| 16 (23.9%) |
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| Underlying Heart Disease | 100 (75.2%) |
| 54 (80.6%) |
| 0.294*** | |||||
| Ischemic Cardiomyopathy |
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| Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy | 34 (25.6%) |
| 15 (22.4%) |
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| Type of Bundle Branch Block | 91 (68.4%) |
| 49 (73.1%) |
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| Left Bundle Branch Block |
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| 0.877*** | |||||||
| Right Bundle Branch Block | 26 (19.5%) |
| 10 (14.9%) |
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| Other | 19 (14.3%) |
| 11 (16.4%) |
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| New York Heart Association |
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| Class | 121 (91.0%) |
| 60 (89.6%) |
| 0.800** |
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| Class III |
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| Class IV | 12 (9.0%) |
| 7 (10.4%) |
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| Intrinsic QRS Duration (ms) | 161.9 ± 2.0 |
| 156.1 ± 2.3 |
| 0.073* |
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| Mean ± SE |
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| Range |
| 130 to 252 |
| 130 to 200 |
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| Left Ventricular Ejection |
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| Fraction (%) | 22.1 ± 0.6 |
| 23.3 ± 0.8 |
| 0.255* |
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| Mean ± SE |
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| Range |
| 5 to 35 |
| 10 to 35 |
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| Six Minute Walk Distance |
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| (meters) |
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| 250.5 ± |
| 0.775* |
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| Mean ± SE | 254.8 ± 8.9 |
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| Range |
| 11.9 |
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| 20 to 451 |
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| 27 to 447 |
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| Quality of Life Questionnaire |
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| Score | 54.3 ± 2.1 |
| 52.5 ± 3.1 |
| 0.638* |
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| Mean ± SE |
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| Range |
| 0 to 105 |
| 0 to 102 |
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*Student's