Research Article
Falls and Fractures in the Elderly with Sinus Node Disease: The Impact of Pacemaker Implantation
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of included patients.
| | Mean | SD | Range (min–max) |
| Age at PM implantation (years) | 71.9 | 9.7 | 45–94 | LVEF (%) | 55.9 | 13.3 | 20–77 | Height (cm) | 168.8 | 10.5 | 142–195 | Weight (kg) | 73.5 | 13.9 | 42.5–111 | BMI | 25.7 | 3.7 | 17.1–38.7 | Heart rate at rest (bpm) | 66.8 | 25.3 | 28–180 | FRAX available (N = 134) | | | | 10-year risk of hip fracture | 5.5 | 7.0 | 0.1–58 | 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fractures | 14.5 | 10.6 | 2.9–64 |
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| Total 40+ | 150 | | 100.0 | Male sex | 91 | | 60.7 | Diabetes mellitus | 25 | | 16.7 | Ever smoked | 56 | | 37.3 | NYHA class | | | | No heart failure | 46 | | 30.7% | NYHA I | 39 | | 26.0% | NYHA II | 37 | | 24.7% | NYHA III | 22 | | 14.7% | NYHA IV | 6 | | 4.0% |
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