. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 15.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jul 31;102(8):1069–1072. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.058

Table 2.

Hematologic Characteristics in anemic patients with systolic heart failure (HFLEF) and heart failure with a preserved EF (HFPEF).

Variable	HFLEF	Reference Values	HFPEF	Reference Values
Blood Volume (mL)	5809±925^*^┼	4940±568	4487±1170	4620±791
Blood Volume Volume/Kg (mL)	73.9±17	-	54.1±15	-
Blood Volume Deviation (mL)	865±824^*	-	−132±1091	-
Blood Volume Deviation (%)	18.0%^*	-	−2.2%	-
Red Cell Volume (mL)	1760±338^*^┼	1958±266	1317±340^┼	1712±326
Red Cell Volume/Kg (mL)	22.1±5.0^*	-	15.9±4.4	-
Red Cell Volume Deviation (mL)	−199±335^*	-	−395±323	-
Red Cell Volume Deviation (%)	−9.3%^*	-	−22.4%	-
Plasma Volume (mL)	4049±650^*^┼	2986±327	3170±867	2908±487
Plasma Volume/Kg (mL)	51.8±13^*	-	38.2±11	-
Plasma Volume Deviation (mL)	1063±599^*	-	263±842	-
Plasma Volume Deviation (%)	36.2%^*	-	10.1%	-

p<0.05 HFLEF versus HFPEF.

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< 0.05 for HFLEF or HFPEF versus reference values.

Deviation (%) refers to percent difference from reference values based on sex and body size. Values expressed as ± one standard deviation.