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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Nov 18;52(21):1702–1708. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.028

Table 2.

Characterization of patients with missing time trade-off data at baseline or follow-up

Baseline factor Patients without
baseline TTO
data
(N=29)
Patients with
baseline who survived
without follow-up
TTO
(N=62)
Patients with
baseline and TTO at
3 and/or 6 months
(N=287)
Male, % 79 68 75
Minority, % 45 47 39
LVEF, % 20 (15, 25) 19 (15, 20) 20 (15, 25)
SBP, mm Hg 98 (90, 110) 101 (93, 113) 106 (95, 118)
BUN, mg/dl 37 (26, 54) 26 (17, 41) 27 (19, 38)
BNP, pg/ml 976 (477, 1952) 585 (257, 1042) 511 (193, 1044)
6-min walk, ft 120 (0, 530) 26 (0, 531) 444 (20, 854)
JVP, cm, %
    <8 10 12 8
    8–12 28 40 41
    12–16 41 17 31
    >16 21 12 20
Edema, %
    0–1+ 65 64 68
    3–4+ 17 11 11
Freedom from worst 40 (20, 55) 30 (20, 50) 35 (20, 50)
symptom, (0–100, 100 best)
Global score 35 (28, 52) 40 (30, 50) 40 (30, 60)
MLHF score 75 (66, 82) 73 (58, 84) 76 (65, 87)

Median (25th, 75th) unless otherwise indicated.