Table 1 Baseline characteristics by sex and age

	Total (n = 8914)	All patients (n = 8914)			Patients <70 years (n = 3520)			Patients ⩾70 years (n = 5394)
	Total (n = 8914)	Men (%) (n = 4748)	Women (%) (n = 4166)	p Value	Men (%) (n = 2368)	Women (%) (n = 1152)	p Value	Men (%) (n = 2380)	Women (%) (n = 3014)	p Value
Age (mean, SD)	71.3 (12.7)	68.3 (12.7)	74.7 (11.9)	<0.001	58.3 (9.0)	59.8 (9.1)	<0.001	78.3 (6.4)	80.5 (6.7)	<0.001
Age group
<60	1523	23	11	<0.001	47	36	<0.001	–	–
60–69	1997	27	18	<0.001	53	64	<0.001	–	–
70–79	3014	32	36	<0.001	–	–		64	50	<0.001
>80	2380	18	36	<0.001	–	–		36	50	<0.001
Current smoker	1068	18	6	<0.001	24	10	<0.001	11	4	<0.001
Heavy alcohol drinker, ever	564	11	1	<0.001	15	2	<0.001	7	1	<0.001
History of hypertension	4771	49	59	<0.001	48	58	<0.001	49	60	<0.001
Diabetes	2457	26	29	<0.001	26	30	0.006	26	29	0.02
Stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)	1468	16	18	0.02	11	14	0.05	20	19	0.38
History of renal dysfunction	1688	21	17	<0.001	15	14	0.18	26	18	<0.001
Respiratory disease	2833	33	31	0.06	27	30	0.11	38	31	<0.001
Cumulative evidence for CAD†	5451	66	56	<0.001	65	55	<0.001	67	56	<0.001
Myocardial infarction, ever	3510	71	55	<0.001	74	55	<0.001	69	55	<0.001
History of angina, ever	3865	70	73	0.01	71	78	0.002	68	71	0.06
Revascularisation (PCI or CABG), ever	1484	35	17	<0.001	44	28	<0.001	26	13	<0.001
Dilated cardiomyopathy	240	4	2	<0.001	5	3	0.008	2	1	<0.001
Atrial fibrillation (AF), ever	3932	42	46	<0.001	36	37	0.63	48	50	0.21
Chronic AF	2202	24	26	0.01	19	20	0.41	29	28	0.80

†CAD (coronary artery disease): myocardial infarction, angina, or revascularisation.