Age and Sex Distribution of Patients with Vasovagal Syncope Undergoing Head-up Tilt Table Test: 7-Year Audit

To investigate age and sex distribution of vasovagal syncope (VVS) patients undergoing head-up tilt table test (HUTT) at a tertiary hospital. The details of syncope patients who underwent HUTT at our department of cardiac function from January 2004 to December 2010 were reviewed. Of the 1 799 patients who underwent the HUTT, 854 tested positive, of which 558 (65.3%) were women, which were more than the women in the negative group (450, 47.6%) (p<0.05). VVS patients showed a bimodal age distribution between 11 and 20 years of age and in the fourth decade. In almost all age groups, mixed response was the highest compared with vasodepressor and cardioinhibitory. VVS patients who underwent HUTT indicate bimodal distribution peaking before the second decade and the fourth decade. The incidence of females was twice that of males before the sixth decade, and old age occupies a small percentage of VVS with no other comorbidities.