TABLE 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of 75 Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease

	Heart Failure (n = 40), Mean (SD)	No Heart Failure (n = 35), Mean (SD)
Demographic characteristics
Age, y	69.08 (8.74)	71.3 (6.11)
Education, y	14.89 (2.41)	14.71 (2.79)
Female, %	45.0	28.6
Medical characteristics
CABG/bypass surgery, %	32.5	54.2
Diabetes, %	15.0	24.2
Hypertension, %	80.0	74.3
Average systolic blood pressure, mm/Hg	127.78 (18.10)	129.76 (20.04)
Average diastolic blood pressure, mm/Hg	67.65 (10.05)	64.99 (7.38)
Cardiac output, L/min	3.94 (0.79)	4.94 (0.63)
Ejection fraction	57.38 (10.65)	59.67 (11.63)
Stroke volume	53.68 (21.89)	54.95 (26.76)
Fractional shortening	31.31 (9.02)	32.86 (7.44)
Left ventricular mass	290.27 (96.49)	321.99 (107.53)
End systolic volume	42.96 (27.01)	37.12 (22.83)
End diastolic volume	96.43 (42.53)	92.81 (41.31)