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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2009 Oct;32(5):551–560. doi: 10.1002/nur.20343

Table 5.

Mean Differences of Symptom Clusters and Age

Age Group N Mean (SD) Significance between groups
Cluster 1
Acute volume overload
    < 65 years 165 11.8 (3.6) <.001
        65-74 193 11.1 (3.5)
        75 and > 289 10 (3.9)

Cluster 2
Emotional
    < 65 years 165 9 (4.6) <.001
        65-74 193 7.9 (4.4)
        75 and > 289 6.5 (4.7)

Cluster 3
Chronic volume overload
    < 65 years 165 9.6 (4.3) .002
        65-74 193 9 (4.3)
        75 and > 289 8.1 (4.4)