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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Early initiation of tolvaptan is associated with early discharge in patients with heart failure regardless of age

 

 < 80 years old

 ≥ 80 years old

P value

(n = 146)

(n = 101)

Systolic BP (mm Hg) on admission

130.2 ± 29.7

127.1 ± 22.0

0.365

Diastolic BP (mm Hg) on admission

73.0 ± 20.2

67.8 ± 13.3

0.025

Heart rate (bpm)

92.1 ± 26.6

83.7 ± 21.8

0.009

Systolic BP (mm Hg) at discharge

107.0 ± 16.4

110.8 ± 14.5

0.066

Diastolic BP (mm Hg) at discharge

60.0 ± 9.3

57.6 ± 7.5

0.035

Sodium (mg/dl)

138.3 ± 4.2

138.6 ± 4.6

0.534

Potassium (mg/dl)

4.1 ± 0.6

4.2 ± 0.7

0.163

AST (IU/L)

67.6 ± 17.5

36.8 ± 3.4

0.148

ALT (IU/L)

56.4 ± 16.5

27.0 ± 3.6

0.144

LDH (IU/L)

355.0 ± 22.1

297.8 ± 10.1

0.041

BUN (mg/dl)

29.8 ± 17.9

32.0 ± 20.6

0.367

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.43 ± 0.85

1.44 ± 0.92

0.991

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

46.4 ± 2.1

42.5 ± 2.0

0.189

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

12.3 ± 2.7

11.2 ± 2.0

< 0.001

Brain natriuretic peptide (pg/mL)

1325.8 ± 145.7

1244.0 ± 136.9

0.696

CTR (%)

63.2 ± 6.6

64.9 ± 6.2

0.039

Ejection fraction (%)

44.3 ± 18.5

52.6 ± 18.2

0.001

HFpEF (n, %)

56, 38.4

53, 52.5

0.028

  1. BP: Blood pressure, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, LDH, lactate dehydrogenase, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, CTR: cardiothoracic ratio, HFpEF: heart failure preserved ejection fraction. Continuous data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or error. P-values were determined using the unpaired t-test