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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the study participants from 2002 to 2013

From: Heart valve operations associated with reduced risk of death from mitral valve disease but other operations associated with increased risk of death: a national population-based case–control study

 

Case (n = 600)

Control

Non-Matched (n = 25,364)

P

Matched (n = 1800)

P

Gender

 Female

322 (53.67%)

15,508 (61.14%)

0.2051

966 (53.67%)

1.0000

 Male

278 (46.33%)

9256 (36.49%)

 

834 (46.33%)

 

Age in 2008, Mean ± SD

62.37 ± 16.17

56.98 ± 19.26

<.0001

62.51 ± 16.13

0.9376

Low income

 Yes

349 (58.17%)

15,727 (62.01%)

0.5571

1022 (56.78%)

0.9208

 No

251 (41.83%)

9637 (37.99%)

 

778 (43.22%)

 

Other operation

 Other CVD system operation

555 (92.5%)

3365 (13.27%)

<.0001

341 (18.94%)

<.0001

 Nervous system operation

24 (4.00%)

813 (3.21%)

0.0002

75 (4.17%)

0.5781

 Digestives system operation

208 (34.67%)

4382 (17.28%)

<.0001

363 (20.17%)

<.0001

 Breath system operation

118 (19.67%)

1070 (4.22%)

<.0001

91 (5.06%)

<.0001

 Urinary system operation

37 (6.17%)

1119 (4.41%)

<.0001

91 (5.06%)

0.0041

 Hemodialysis

22 (3.67%)

455 (1.79%)

<.0001

48 (2.67%)

0.2074

Comorbidity

 Hypertension

408 (68.00%)

14,430 (56.89%)

0.0513

1237 (68.72%)

0.8323

 Hyperlipidemia

221 (36.83%)

10,013 (39.48%)

0.6667

834 (46.33%)

0.3355

 Diabetes

198 (33.00%)

7498 (29.56%)

0.2915

649 (36.06%)

0.5501

 COPD

225 (37.5%)

8205 (32.35%)

0.2259

674 (37.44%)

0.9707

 Emphysema

7 (1.17%)

380 (1.50%)

<.0001

34 (1.89%)

<.0001

 Heart failure

413 (68.83%)

5496 (21.67%)

<.0001

469 (26.06%)

0.0983

 Cardiac dysrhythmias

372 (62%)

12,586 (49.62%)

0.3405

903 (50.17%)

0.3915

 Anxiety

241 (40.17%)

14,800 (58.35%)

0.8703

1044 (58.00%)

0.8615

 CKD

69 (11.5%)

2255 (8.89%)

<.0001

217 (12.06%)

0.5600

 Sleep disturbances

280 (46.67%)

14,570 (57.44%)

0.7280

1037 (57.61%)

0.7544

 Anemia

102 (17.0%)

4370 (17.23%)

0.7157

259 (14.39%)

0.1213

  1. Abbreviation: SD Standard deviation, CVD Cardiovascular disease, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CKD Chronic kidney disease