Clinical Study
Aging Might Increase the Incidence of Infection from Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population (mean ± SEM).
| | | Adult group () | Elderly group () | | |
| | Age (year) | 54.3 ± 10.6 | 73.2 ± 5.24 | | | | Sex, M/F | 72/67 | 137/125 | 0.046 | 0.830 | | Patients residence (Beijing/other places) | 111/20 | 214/48 | 0.569 | 0.451 | | Nonhealth insurance/health insurance | 23/108 | 53/209 | 0.400 | 0.527 | | HBP/total (/total) | 44/131 | 156/262 | 23.53 | <0.0001 | | Diabetes (/total) | 18/131 | 63/262 | 5.668 | 0.017 | | Coronary artery disease (/total) | 22/131 | 73/262 | 5.837 | 0.016 | | Causes of PPM implantation | | | | | | Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) | 63 (48.1%) | 133 (50.7%) | 2.966 | 0.0850 | | AVB (III∘/advanced) | 34 (26.0%) | 33 (12.6 %) | 3.866 | 0.0493 | | Permanent atrial fibrillation with long RR interval | 27 (20.6%) | 47 (17.9 %) | 0.04981 | 0.8234 | | Battery exhausted | 15 (11.5%) | 40 (15.3%) | 1.834 | 0.1757 | | Pacemaker types | | | | | | Single chamber | 30 (22.9%) | 47 (17.9%) | 1.365 | 0.243 | | Dual chamber | 101 (77.1%) | 215 (82.1%) | | | | Number of implant | | | | | | One | 111 (84.7%) | 206 (78.6%) | | 0.284* | | ≥2 | 20 (15.3%) | 56 (21.4 %) | | |
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HBP: high blood pressure; M: male; F: female.
*Exact probability.
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