Patient characteristic | Heart transplant recipients (n = 78) | Non-transplant patients (n = 156) | p value |
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Age, years (median, IQR) | 50.1 (30.5–61.2) | 50.1 (30.9–61.2) | 0.01 |
Male, n (%) | 30 (38) | 60 (38) | 1.00 |
Body mass index, kg/m2 (median, IQR) | 29.0 (24.1–31.9) | 29.1 (23.8–34.2) | 0.10 |
Graft age, years (median, IQR) | 2.74 (1.02–7.25) | N/A | N/A |
Rejection, Grade > 3 ever, n (%) | 19 (24.4) | N/A | N/A |
Hypertension, n (%) | 42 (54) | 80 (51) | 0.67 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 19 (24) | 27 (17) | 0.20 |
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 75 (96) | 67 (43) | < 0.001 |
Current tobacco use, n (%) | 1 (1) | 16 (10) | 0.003 |
Myocardial infarctiona, n (%) | 3 (4) | 25 (16) | 0.004 |
Percutaneous interventiona, n (%) | 9 (12) | 19 (12) | 0.89 |
Coronary artery bypass grafta, n (%) | 0 | 8 (5) | 0.06 |
Atrial fibrillationa, n (%) | 5 (6) | 8 (5) | 0.71 |
Cerebrovascular accident, n (%) | 10 (13) | 10 (6) | 0.09 |
Chronic obstructive lung disease, n (%) | 6 (8) | 29 (19) | 0.02 |
Serum creatinine, mg/dL (± SD) | 1.12 (0.36) | 0.87 (0.20) | < 0.001 |
Medications | |||
Angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibitor, n (%) | 15 (19) | 46 (29) | 0.06 |
Angiotensin receptor blocker, n (%) | 17 (22) | 21 (13) | 0.14 |
Beta-blocker, n (%) | 10 (13) | 65 (42) | < 0.001 |
Calcium channel blocker, n (%) | 18 (23) | 19 (12) | 0.04 |
Aspirin, n (%) | 72 (92) | 59 (38) | < 0.001 |
ADP/P2Y12 inhibitor, n (%) | 7 (9) | 13 (8) | 0.87 |
Statin, n (%) | 72 (92) | 53 (34) | < 0.001 |
Glucocorticoid, n (%) | 14 (18) | N/A | N/A |
Purine inhibitor, n (%) | 72 (92) | N/A | N/A |
Calcineurin inhibitor, n (%) | 66 (85) | N/A | N/A |
mTOR inhibitor, n (%) | 18 (23) | N/A | N/A |