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Table 1 General characteristics

From: Left atrial reservoir strain as a predictor of cardiac outcome in patients with heart failure: the HaFaC cohort study

 

Total group (n = 174)

HFpEF (n = 37)

HFmrEF (n = 62)

HFrEF (n = 75)

p value

Baseline demographics

Age—yr

68 [59–75]

74 [70–80]

62 [56–68]

68 [60–76]

 < 0.01

Male

120 [69%]

18 [49%]

42 [68%]

60 [80%]

 < 0.01

Body mass index—kg/m2

26 [24–29]

28 [26–31]

26 [24–28]

26 [24–29]

0.03

Hypertension

88 [51%]

28 [76%]

28 [45%]

32 [43%]

 < 0.01

Systolic blood pressure—mmHg

132 [118–145]

142 [132–164]

131 [120–141]

129 [116–141]

 < 0.01

Diastolic blood pressure—mmHg

76 [71–85]

79 [70–88]

79 [72–86]

74 [71–80]

0.13

Heart Rate—bpm

66 [58–78]

68 [60–82]

69 [59–75]

65 [57–80]

0.76

Diabetes Mellitus

26 [15%]

3 [8%]

8 [13%]

15 [20%]

0.23

COPD

21 [12%]

8 [22%]

6 [10%]

7 [9%]

0.14

Chronic kidney disease

21 [12%]

6 [16%]

4 [6%]

11 [15%]

0.23

Coronary artery disease

67 [39%]

6 [16%]

23 [37%]

38 [51%]

 < 0.01

NYHA functional class

I

61 [37%]

8 [24%]

33 [54%]

20 [28%]

 < 0.01

II

62 [37%]

13 [38%]

17 [28%]

32 [44%]

0.14

III

40 [24%]

11 [32%]

9 [15%]

20 [28%]

0.09

IV

4 [2%]

2 [6%]

2 [3%]

0 [0%]

0.08

Heart failure medication

Beta-blocker

137 [79%]

26 [70%]

50 [81%]

61 [82%]

0.31

Renin-angiotensin system antagonist

137 [79%]

26 [70%]

52 [84%]

59 [80%]

0.27

Mineralocorticoid antagonist

54 [31%]

6 [16%]

19 [31%]

29 [39%]

0.05

Neprilysine Inhibitor

5 [3%]

0 [0%]

2 [3%]

3 [4%]

0.72

Loop diuretics

71 [41%]

17 [46%]

16 [26%]

38 [51%]

0.01

Endpoints

Heart Failure Hospitalization

18 [10%]

3 [8%]

3 [5%]

12 [16%]

0.09

Mortality

11 [6%]

3 [8%]

1 [2%]

7 [9%]

0.12

Composite endpoint

23 [13%]

4 [11%]

3 [5%]

16 [21%]

0.02

  1. p values < 0.05 are shown as bold to indicate statistical significance