Table 2 Difference in the prevalence of bothersome nocturia among all patients and elderly patients (≥ 65 years).

From: Nocturia independently predicts left ventricular hypertrophy and left atrial enlargement among patients with cardiac symptoms

  

All (N = 299)

Elderly patients (N = 211)

  

Non-bothersome nocturia, N(%)

Bothersome nocturia, N(%)

p-value

Non-bothersome Nocturia, N (%)

Bothersome Nocturia, N (%)

p-value

Age ≥ 65

 

No

52 (59.1%)

36 (40.9%)

 < 0.001

   
 

Yes

65 (30.8%)

146 (69.2%)

    

Age ≥ 80

 

No

   

52 (33.5%)

103 (66.5%)

0.151

 

Yes

   

13 (23.2%)

43 (76.8%)

 

Sex

 

Male

52 (38.8%)

82 (61.2%)

0.917

24 (27.0%)

65 (73.0%)

0.302

 

Female

65 (39.4%)

100 (60.6%)

 

41 (33.6%)

81 (66.4%)

 

Obesity

 

No

53 (36.1%)

94 (63.9%)

0.284

26 (24.3%)

81 (75.7%)

0.038

 

Yes

64 (42.1%)

88 (57.9%)

 

39 (41.9%)

54 (58.1%))

 

Hypertension history

 

No

36 (49.3%)

37 (50.7%)

0.040

14 (32.6%)

29 (67.4%)

0.780

 

Yes

81 (35.8%)

145 (64.2%)

 

51 (30.4%)

117 (69.6%)

 

Diuretic use

 

No

110 (39.0%)

172 (61.0%)

0.859

62 (31.2%)

137 (68.8%)

0.759

 

Yes

7 (41.2%)

10 (58.8%)

 

3 (25.0%)

9 (75.0%)

 

Diabetes mellitus history

 

No

87 (42.2%)

119 (57.8%)

0.102

47 (32.6%)

97 (67.4%)

0.398

 

Yes

30 (25.6%)

63 (34.6%)

 

18 (26.9%)

49 (73.1%)

 

Aortic root dilatation

 

No

104 (37.8%)

171 (62.2%)

0.116

56 (29.0%)

137 (71.0%)

0.106

 

Yes

13 (54.2%)

11 (45.8%)

 

9 (50.0%)

9 (50.0%)

 

Left atrial enlargement

 

No

88 (46.3%)

102 (53.7%)

0.001

46 (36.8%)

79 (63.2%)

0.024

 

Yes

29 (26.6%)

80 (73.4%)

 

19 (22.1%)

67 (77.9%)

 

Left ventricle hypertrophy

 

No

91 (42.5%)

123 (57.5%)

0.056

49 (35.0%)

91 (65.0%)

0.064

 

Yes

26 (30.6%)

59 (69.4%)

 

16 (22.5%)

55 (77.5%)

 

Concentric remodeling

 

No

74 (41.8%)

103 (58.2%)

0.253

35 (30.7%)

79 (69.3%)

0.972

 

Yes

43 (35.2%)

79 (64.8%)

 

30 (30.9%)

67 (69.1%)

 

Moderate-to-severe AR

 

No

97 (40.9%)

140 (59.1%)

0.213

52 (32.1%)

110 (67.9%)

0.459

 

Yes

20 (32.3%)

42 (67.7%)

 

13 (26.5%)

36 (73.5%)

 

Moderate-to-severe TR

 

No

74 (38.5%)

118 (61.5%)

0.780

36 (28.1%)

92 (71.9%)

0.295

 

Yes

43 (40.2%)

64 (59.8%)

 

29 (34.9%)

54 (65.1%)

 

Moderate-to-severe MR

 

No

89 (40.5%)

131 (59.5%)

0.434

46 (30.7%)

104 (69.3%)

0.945

 

Yes

28 (35.4%)

51 (64.6%)

 

19 (31.1%)

42 (68.9%)

 

Moderate-to-severe PR

 

No

91 (37.9%)

149 (62.1%)

0.386

49 (29.7%)

116 (70.3%)

0.509

 

Yes

26 (44.1%)

33 (55.9%)

 

16 (34.8%)

30 (65.2%)

 

LV ejection fraction

 

Normal

108 (39.7%)

164 (60.3%)

0.518

63 (32.1%)

133 (67.9%)

0.156

 

Abnormal

9 (33.3%)

18 (66.7%)

 

2 (13.3%)

13 (86.7%)

 

LV diastolic dysfunction

 

Normal or grade I

114 (39.4%)

175 (60.6%)

0.745

62 (30.8%)

139 (69.2%)

1.000

 

Grade II to III

3 (30.0%)

7 (70.0%)

 

3 (30.0%)

7 (70.0%)

 
  1. AR aortic valve regurgitation; TR tricuspid valve regurgitation; MR mitral valve regurgitation; PR pulmonary valve regurgitation; LV Left ventricular.