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
	N		%
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%