Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Heart Failure (N = 100).
| Characteristics | Range (Mean ± SD) or Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 24–84 (61 ± 12) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 62 (62%) |
| Female | 38 (38%) |
| Marital status | |
| Married/cohabitate | 59 (59%) |
| Single/divorced/widowed | 41 (41%) |
| Living status | |
| Alone | 29 (29%) |
| With others | 71 (71%) |
| Education level | |
| Less than high school | 28 (28%) |
| High school graduate | 22 (22%) |
| Greater than high school | 50 (50%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| African American | 10 (10%) |
| Caucasian | 90 (90%) |
| New York Heart Association functional class | |
| I/II | 33 (34%) |
| III/IV | 63 (66%) |
| Left ventricular ejection fraction | 12–70 (33 ± 13%) |