Table 1.

Population description (Results are expressed as percentages or median and interquartile ranges [25–75] as appropriate).

N	335
% male	71.9
% female	28.1
Age (years)	71 [62–78]
LVEF (%)	42 [32–55]
Nt-pro-BNP (ng/L)	2,296 [1,109.5-5,857.5]
History of hospitalisation for pulmonary disease (n = 300)	34 (11.3%)
Medication compliance
Good	166 (49.6%)
Moderate	127 (37.9%)
Bad	13 (3.9%)
Unknown	29 (8.6%)

LVEF: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.