Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients (mean ± SD, for non-parametric values: median, inter-quartile range) p compared to normal.
| Â | All patients (n= 137) | Normal (n= 42) | Diastolic dysfunction (n = 43) | Systolic dysfunction (n = 52) | p (compared to normal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male sex (%) | 88 (65) | 23 (55) | 23 (54) | 43 (83) | 1.00/0.0059 |
Age [y] | 53.8 (± 18.1) | 37.8 (± 15.9) | 62.7 (± 12.5) | 59.5 (± 15.2) | < 0.0001/< 0.0001 |
BMI [kg/m2] | 25.54 (± 4.36) | 23.8 (± 3.4) | 26.5 (± 3.8) | 26.2 (± 5.1) | 0.011/0.018 |
NT-proBNP [pg/ml] | 2378 ± 6253, (median 222 (± 1220) | 275.9 ± 519.9 (median 66.8, ± 185.3) | 255.9 ± 137.4(median 137, ± 256.7) | 5832 ± 9185(median 1583, ± 5109) | 0.36/<0.0001 |
Creatinine clearance [ml/min] | 87.48 (± 37.89) | 107.9 (± 28.6) | 82.1 (± 35.0) | 78.5 (± 41.3) | 0.003/0.0002 |
Heart rate [/s] | 71.6 (± 13.6) | 68.3 (± 13.9) | 73.1 (± 13.1) | 73.5 (± 13.5) | 0.68/0.17 |
Systolic RR [mmHg] | 123.0 | 123.0 | 136.8 | 115.4 | 0.01/0.19 |
Diastolic RR [mmHg] | 74.0 | 75.4 | 80.0 | 71.2 | 0.21/0.23 |
coronary artery disease (%) | 41 (30) | 1 (2) | 10 (23) | 28 (54) | 0.0077/0.001 |
previous myocardial infarction (%) | 28 (20) | 0 | 5 (12) | 21 (40) | 0.06/0.0001 |
arterial hypertension (%) | 63 (46) | 11 (26) | 27 (63) | 25 (48) | 0.0008/0.049 |
diabetes mellitus (%) | 25 (18) | 3 (7) | 3 (7) | 18 (35) | 1.00/0.0046 |
Hyperlipidemia (%) | 40 (29) | 2 (5) | 15 (35) | 22 (42) | 0.0018/< 0.0001 |
Smoker (%) | 27 (20) | 10 (24) | 9 (21) | 9 (17) | 0.8035 |
ischemic cardiomyopathy (%) | 30 (22) | 0 | 0 | 29 (56) | < 0.0001 |