Table 1 Characteristics of heart failure patients (HF group) and healthy controls (C group).

From: Autophagy inhibition of hsa-miR-19a-3p/19b-3p by targeting TGF-β R II during TGF-β1-induced fibrogenesis in human cardiac fibroblasts

Characteristics

HF group

C group

p

N(F/M)

20 (8/12)

20 (10/10)

>0.05

Age(years)

58.1 (10.1)

54.3 (12.4)

>0.05

LVEF (%)

37.1 (8.3)

64.8 (3.8)

<0.001

Log[BNP(ng/L)]

3.41 (0.32)

NA

NA

  1. Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation).
  2. F/M, numbers of females and males; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction as assessed by echocardiography; BNP, plasma brain natriuretic polypeptide (ng/L), NA, not available.