The vital prognosis of elderly adults living in a group home in their mid-eighties

Table 3 Characteristics of cardiac parameters for 57 outpatient clinic patients and 54 group home residents at baseline

	OPC	GH	p value
Chest X-ray	n = 55	n = 35
CTR, %	52.2 (48.2–57.0)	53.0 (47.7–55.5)	0.015
Holter electrocardiogram	n = 40	n = 30
PVC degree	2.2 ± 0.0853	1.67 ± 1.03	0.904
SVA degree	3.23 ± 1.23	2.93 ± 0.98	0.155
Electrocardiogram	n = 57	n = 50
Left ventricular hypertrophy	17 (31 %)	6 (14 %)	0.035
Left atrial overload	15 (31 %)	16 (34 %)	0.480
Left axis deviation	11 (19 %)	16 (32 %)	0.058
Right axis deviation	2 (4 %)	1 (2 %)	0.633
Atrial fibrillation	9 (16 %)	3 (6 %)	0.108
Supraventricular extrasystole	6 (11 %)	6 (12 %)	0.820
Ventricular extrasystole	4 (7 %)	2 (4 %)	0.494
Left bundle branch block	1 (2 %)	0 (0 %)	0.345
Right bundle branch block	3 (5 %)	8 (16 %)	0.039

Data are presented as the median values (lower quartile–upper quartile) or mean ± standard deviation
CTR cardiothoracic ratio, PVC premature ventricular contraction, SVA supraventricular arrhythmia

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