Lead failure Lead non-failure p-value
N= 10 621
Age 65.5 ± 10.3 69.5 ± 11.6 0.26
Female 50% 18.2% 0.01
Implantation procedure duration (mins) 139.1 ± 77.6 126.5 ± 46.6 0.62
Ischaemic Heart Disease 60% 72.9% 0.36
Diabetes 20% 26.6% 0.64
Chronic Kidney Disease 0 15.0% 0.19
Hypertension 90% 54% 0.03
Atrial fibrillation 30% 35.4% 0.72
Body Mass Index 31.7 ± 8 27.4 ± 5.2 0.17
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (%) 26.1 ± 5.7 28.4 ± 28.4 0.33
Lead age to failure or end of follow-up (days) 1433.9 ± 922.4 1738.2 ± 878.1 0.33
Cephalic access (%) 90% 73.4% 0.24
Number of cephalic leads when ICD lead cephalic 2.89 ± 0.3 2.83 ± 0.4 0.59