Table 1 Study demographics.

From: Left ventricular fibrosis and hypertrophy are associated with mortality in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

 

Alive n = 59

Dead n = 27

p-value

Age (years)

77 ± 9

78 ± 10

0.50

Male sex

36 (61)

14 (52)

0.43

BMI

31 ± 8

27 ± 5

0.03

Atrial fibrillation

24 (41)

6 (22)

0.10

Hypertension

50 (85)

22 (81)

0.71

Coronary artery disease

19 (32)

13 (48)

0.16

Myocardial infarction

8 (14)

3 (11)

0.76

Diabetes mellitus

12 (20)

3 (11)

0.33

COPD

10 (17)

4 (15)

0.81

Smoker

27 (46)

11 (41)

0.67

Amyloid

4 (7)

8 (30)

< 0.01

Haemoglobin (g/L)

127.6 ± 15.9

124.3 ± 12.6

0.36

Blood urea (mmol/L)

9.2 ± 4.4

9.8 ± 5.8

0.63

Serum creatinine (µmol/L)

101.1 ± 32.5

116.2 ± 41.6

0.08

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

55.8 ± 16.6

52 ± 18.7

0.35

NTproBNP (pg/mL)

1775.7 ± 1351.6

3868.9 ± 3600.2

< 0.01

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