Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Relationships between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with complete heart block
Main finding · In-hospital mortalityResult — go to the resultAdjusted odds ratio 1.23 95% CI 1.05–1.46Authors' conclusion
Patients with lower income admitted for CHB were less likely to receive an early PPM and had higher adverse outcomes compared to patients with higher income.
Study context
- Population
- Hospitalizations with complete heart block as primary diagnosis, 2016–2019 Nationwide Inpatient Sample
- Participants
- 150,265 complete heart block (CHB) hospitalizations
- Exposure
- Lower vs higher zip code income quartiles
- Lower quartilesn = 76,635
- Outcome
- In-hospital mortality
Methodological detailsNationwide Inpatient Sample 2016-2019, multivariable-adjusted
- Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2016-2019
- Multivariable-adjusted
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adjusted odds ratio
1.23
95% CI 1.05–1.46
Lower quartilesvs Higher quartiles
aOR 1.23 (95% CI 1.05–1.46)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
| Outcome | aOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Early PPM use | 0.86 (0.81–0.90) | |
| Total TPM use | 1.08 (1.02–1.14) | |
| Palliative care | 1.2 (1.02–1.43) | |
| Mechanical ventilation use | 1.11 (1.01–1.23) | |
| Cardiogenic shock | 1.15 (1.01–1.31) | |
| 0.512Adjusted odds ratio (log scale) |
Length of stay
P < 0.001
Original publication
Relationships between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with complete heart block. Heart Rhythm. Published 15 May 2024. doi:10.
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