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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Predictors of syncope post pacemaker implantation included : age 0-39 years (HR 2. 9, 95 % CI 1. 4 to 6. 3, p = 0. 01 ; reference range 60-79 years), age 80 years (HR 1. 4, 95 % CI 1. 0 to 1. 8, p = 0. 03), syncope prior to pacemaker implant (HR 1. 8, 95 % CI 1. 4 to 2. 3, p < 0. 001), previous myocardial infarction (HR 1. 5, 95 % CI 1. 1 to 2. 1, p = 0. 03), heart failure (HR 1. 4, 95 % CI 1. 0 to 1. 9, p = 0. 046), and high Charlson comorbidity index (HR 1. 6, 95 % CI 1. 1 to 2. 2, p = 0. 01).