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Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics by indication for ICM implantations

From: Application of insertable cardiac monitors in the real world: an observational cohort study in China

Baseline characteristics

All patients

(N = 200)

Indication for ICMs

Syncope

(N = 134)

Palpitation

(N = 59)

Cryptogenic stroke (N = 7)

Age(y): mean (sd)

64.1(14.4)

65.6(14.3)

61.3(11.2)

60.3 (5.2)

Male, n(%)

105(52.5)

76 (56.7)

26 (44.1)

3 (42.9)

Body Mass Index (kg/m2): mean (sd)

25.2(4.1)

25.3 (4.3)

25.1(4.0)

24.7(3.5)

EF%: mean (sd)

64.2(7.5)

64.8(6.5)

62.9 (9.5)

65.5(5.8)

EF% < 50%, n(%)

10 (5.0)

5 (3.7)

5 (8.5)

0 (0)

Medical history, n(%)

    

Coronary artery disease

81(40.5)

57 (42.5)

24 (40.7)

0 (0)

Myocardial infarction

9 (4.5)

5 (3.7)

4 (6.8)

0 (0)

Hypertension

130(65.0)

92 (68.7)

32 (54.2)

6 (85.7)

Diabetes mellitus

61 (30.5)

36 (26.9)

20 (33.9)

5 (71.4)

Laboratory test

    

NT-proBNP, median (IQR), pg/mL

191(64.1, 365.5)

188(67.5, 296.0)

259(56.7, 485.0)

45.0 (31.7, 53.1)

C-reactive protein (CRP), median (IQR), mg/dl

1.1 (0.6, 4.3)

1.1 (0.6, 4.4)

1.3 (0.8, 3.3)

0.7 (0.5, 17.0)

Thyrotropin (TSH), median (IQR), mU/L

0.4 (0.2, 0.6)

0.4 (0.2, 0.6)

0.3(0.2,0.4)

0.3 (0.2, 0.40)

HbA1c(%):mean (sd)

6.1(1.1)

6.3(1.2)

6.3(1.0)

5.84(0.85)

Creatinine, median (IQR), µmoI/L

74.2 (64.0, 90.3)

75.2 (64.9, 93.1)

72.9 (58.9, 83.3)

69.4 (42.6, 71.5)

LDL-C(mmol/L): mean (sd)

2.5(0.7)

2.5(0.7)

2.7 (0.7)

2.0(0.9)

K+(mmol/L): mean (sd)

4.0(0.4)

4.1(0.4)

4.0(0.4)

3.8(0.3)

  1. ICM, insertable cardiac monitors; IQR, interquartile ranges; EF, ejection fraction, LDL-C, Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin