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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Jul 10;7(8):651–661. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.03.008

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics Of Demographic Variables By Heart Failure (HF) Status

No HFa (N=6270) All HF (N=292) HF Subtypes Defined By Ejection Fraction Status
Variable, Mean (SD) or % HFrEF (N=128) HFpEF (N=110) HFunk (N=54)

Age (years) 62 (1O) 69 (9)* 67 (9)* 69 (8)* 70 (9)*
BMI (kg/m 2 ) 28.3 (5.4) 29.8 (5.9)* 29.4 (5.4)* 29.6 (5.6)* 31.0 (7.4)*
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) 117 (31) 114 (33) 114 (34) 112 (31) 114 (33)
Non-HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) 143 (35.88) 141 (36) 142 (37) 139 (35) 142 (34)
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) 51.1 (14.9) 48.6 (13.9)* 47.6 (12.8)* 49.9 (14.1) 48.6 (15.8)
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 131 (88) 142 (113) 136 (78) 146 (154) 145 (84)
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 78.4 (16.1) 71.9 (18.5)* 71.4 (18.2)* 72.6 (18.4)* 71.7 (19.3)*
Gender Male % 46.6 58.9* 69.5* 49.1 53.7
Site WFU% 15.4 24.0 20.3 30.9 18.5
COL% 16.0 17.5 17.2 16.4 20.4
JHU% 15.7 12.0 13.3 8.2 16.7
UMN% 15.7 18.5 21.9 18.2 11.1
NWU% 17.5 12.7 14.8 10.9 11.1
UCLA% 19.7 15.4 12.5 15.5 22.2
Race /Ethnicity White % 38.5 39.7 37.5 46.4 31.5
Chinese American % 12.3 7.2 3.1 10.9 9.3
Black % 27.1 31.9 39.8 22.7 31.5
Hispanic % 22.0 21.2 19.5 20.0 27.8
Hypertension Yes % 43.5 70.6* 68.0* 72.7* 72.2*
ACE Inhibitor Yes % 12.2 29.2* 25.8* 32.1* 31.5*
Alpha Blocker Yes % 3.8 6.2 7.8* 4.6 5.6
Beta Blocker Yes % 9.4 13.1 12.5 13.8 13
Loop Diuretic Yes % 1.7 6.9* 7.0* 4.6* 11.1*
Any Lipid Lowering 16 18.6 21.9 15.6 16.7
Medication Yes %
Statin Medication Yes% 14.7 17.8 20.3 14.6 18.5
Urine: albuminuria 91.2 72.7* 72.4* 72.5* 73.6*
Normal %
Microalbuminuria % 7.6 20.4 22.1 19.3 18.9
Macroalbuminuria % 1.2 6.9 5.5 8.3 7.6
Smoking Status 90.4 90.2 83.6* 90 88.9
Never %
Former % 7.3 7.4 11.7 5.5 9.3
Current % 1.8 1.9 3.9 4.6 1.9
Diabetes 74.5 57.9* 60.9* 54.6* 57.4*
Normal %
Impaired Fasting Glycemia % 13.9 13.4 14.8 14.6 7.4
Untreated Diabetes % 2.5 5.1 4.7 4.6 7.4
Treated Diabetes % 9.1 23.6 19.5 26.4 27.8
EPA (mass%) 0.76 (0.75, 0.77) 0.69 (0.64, 0.74)* 0.68 (0.61, 0.76)* 0.69 (0.61, 0.76) 0.71 (0.60, 0.84)
DHA (mass%) 3.75 (3.71, 3.78) 3.50 (3.35, 3.66)* 3.45 (3.21, 3.70)* 3.44 (3.21, 3.69)* 3.76 (3.39, 4.17)
EPA+DHA (mass%) 4.58 (4.54, 4.63) 4.25 (4.06, 4.45)* 4.18 (3.89, 4.5)* 4.19 (3.9, 4.5)* 4.54 (4.08, 5.05)

Note:

No HFa : free from heart failure

HFunk : heart failure with ejection fraction unmeasured

An * indicates a statistically significant (p<0.05) difference between the category and those in the No HF group