Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients with heart failure grouped by log(hs-CRP) tertile.

No. of patients

316

313

312

Age (years)

9.648

0.008

 ≥ 60

292 (92.4%)

296 (94.6%)

274 (87.8%)

 21–59

24 (7.6%)

17 (5.4%)

38 (12.2%)

Sex

19.172

< 0.001

 Male

103 (32.6%)

150 (47.9%)

147 (47.1%)

 Female

213 (67.4%)

163 (52.1%)

165 (52.9%)

Body temperature (℃)

36.34 ± 0.30

36.43 ± 0.47

36.54 ± 0.55

15.412

< 0.001

Pulse (bpm)

82.10 ± 20.96

87.27 ± 19.76

90.07 ± 20.85

12.189

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

77.57 ± 13.66

77.38 ± 14.91

74.02 ± 14.00

6.187

0.002

BMI (kg/m²)

21.41 ± 3.82

21.47 ± 4.11

20.99 ± 3.69

1.404

0.246

CCI score

1.90 ± 0.91

1.89 ± 0.97

2.08 ± 1.06

3.622

0.027

LVEF (%)

52.26 ± 13.13

49.54 ± 13.96

49.52 ± 12.92

1.527

0.219

Creatinine (µmol/L)

8.54 ± 4.64

9.02 ± 4.90

10.53 ± 6.31

11.819

< 0.001

Uric acid (µmol/L)

442.91 ± 148.91

482.97 ± 160.51

490.48 ± 180.69

7.627

0.001

Cystatin (mg/l)

1.84 ± 0.95

1.85 ± 0.96

1.78 ± 0.89

13.476

< 0.001

D-dimer (mg/L)

2.02 ± 5.67

2.77 ± 6.65

3.78 ± 6.41

5.753

0.003

Albumin (g/L)

37.77 ± 4.50

36.82 ± 4.43

34.06 ± 5.22

50.350

< 0.001

Log(ALT) (U/L)

1.56 ± 0.34

1.61 ± 0.38

1.70 ± 0.39

10.587

< 0.001

Log(BNP) (pg/ml)

2.74 ± 0.55

2.86 ± 0.55

2.91 ± 0.53

8.316

< 0.001

Log(hs-TnT) (pg/ml)

1.79 ± 1.04

1.51 ± 0.95

1.63 ± 0.85

1.043

0.936

Triglyceride (mmol/l)

1.15 ± 0.69

1.13 ± 1.49

1.13 ± 0.80

0.014

0.986

TC (mmol/l)

3.82 ± 1.10

3.76 ± 1.05

3.62 ± 1.12

2.667

0.070

potassium (mmol/l)

3.91 ± 0.57

3.90 ± 0.79

4.03 ± 0.75

2.933

0.054

Sodium (mmol/l)

139.80 ± 3.91

138.78 ± 4.86

135.94 ± 5.31

55.927

< 0.001