From: A comparison of Chinese and non-Chinese Canadian patients hospitalized with heart failure
Chinese (n = 1,339) | Non-Chinese (n = 97,939) | P | |
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Mean age, y | 76.1 | 75.9 | 0.22 |
Female, % | 53.0 | 51.2 | 0.20 |
Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Index | |||
Mean score | 1.85 | 1.77 | 0.10 |
Cardiovascular comorbidities, % | |||
Acute myocardial infarction | 17.7 | 23.4 | <0.001 |
Atrial fibrillation/flutter | 30.2 | 30.9 | 0.59 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 11.6 | 12.2 | 0.50 |
Hypertension | 51.8 | 42.3 | <0.001 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 5.0 | 9.1 | <0.001 |
Valvular heart disease | 17.6 | 14.4 | 0.001 |
Other comorbidities, % | |||
Cancer, metastatic | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.67 |
Cancer, primary | 4.9 | 6.6 | 0.011 |
Dementia | 4.9 | 5.9 | 0.093 |
Diabetes | 23.5 | 20.0 | <0.001 |
Diabetes with chronic complications | 14.0 | 10.1 | <0.001 |
Digestive ulcer | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.030 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 13.4 | 22.3 | <0.001 |
Rheumatologic diseases | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.006 |
HF etiology, % | |||
Ischemic heart disease | 35.3 | 47.7 | <0.001 |
Valvular heart disease | 11.6 | 7.2 | |
Hypertension | 26.1 | 16.1 | |
Unknown/other | 27.1 | 28.9 |