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. 2012 Jan 31;34(1):30–38. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr504

Table 4.

Absolute and percentage change from baseline in heart-failure-specific quality of life measured using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire

  Week 4
Week 12
Week 24
FCM (n= 304) Placebo (n= 155) FCM (n= 304) Placebo (n= 155) FCM (n= 304) Placebo (n= 155)
HRQoL: KCCQ
 Missing data, n (%) 27 (8.9) 15 (9.7) 18 (5.9) 11 (7.1) 18 (5.9) 10 (6.5)
 Overall summary score, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 9.4 ± 0.9 (33.6 ± 5.2)*** 3.5 ± 1.2 (10.6 ± 3.3) 12.2 ± 1.1 (41.9 ± 5.8)*** 4.6 ± 1.4 (16.1 ± 5.4) 12.8 ± 1.3 (43.9 ± 6.1)*** 6.2 ± 1.5 (21.5 ± 6.7)
 Clinical summary score, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 9.3 ± 0.9 (29.9 ± 4.3)*** 2.7 ± 1.2 (7.0 ± 2.5) 11.6 ± 1.1 (36.2 ± 4.7)*** 3.3 ± 1.4 (9.4 ± 3.5) 11.4 ± 1.3 (36.8 ± 4.9)*** 4.2 ± 1.5 (12.6 ± 3.7)
 Total symptom score, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 10.4 ± 1.0 (34.1 ± 5.1)*** 3.1 ± 1.2 (7.5 ± 2.6) 12.7 ± 1.2 (38.0 ± 4.4)*** 3.3 ± 1.5 (8.2 ± 3.3) 12.0 ± 1.3 (36.3 ± 4.5)*** 3.9 ± 1.6 (11.5 ± 3.5)
 Physical limitation, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 8.2 ± 1.1 (31.7 ± 4.7)*** 2.3 ± 1.4 (9.8 ± 3.7) 10.5 ± 1.3 (39.5 ± 5.9)*** 3.3 ± 1.6 (11.8 ± 4.2) 10.7 ± 1.5 (45.5 ± 7.1)** 4.5 ± 1.8 (13.5 ± 4.1)
 Symptom frequency, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 10.1 ± 1.1 (40.9 ± 8.8)*** 4.1 ± 1.4 (12.2 ± 3.4) 12.0 ± 1.2 (44.2 ± 7.9)*** 3.2 ± 1.5 (10.2 ± 3.9) 11.5 ± 1.4 (41.4 ± 8.1)*** 4.6 ± 1.7 (17.6 ± 4.6)
 Symptom stability, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 12.7 ± 1.4 (32.3 ± 3.3)*** 1.6 ± 1.9 (8.9 ± 4.4) 14.2 ± 1.7 (37.6 ± 3.9)*** 1.7 ± 2.1 (11.6 ± 5.4) 13.2 ± 1.7 (33.8 ± 3.7)*** 4.5 ± 2.1 (17.0 ± 5.4)
 Symptom burden, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 10.8 ± 1.1 (35.2 ± 5.2)*** 2.1 ± 1.3 (6.1 ± 2.7) 13.3 ± 1.2 (40.8 ± 5.1)*** 3.3 ± 1.6 (9.2 ± 3.6) 12.5 ± 1.4 (39.0 ± 5.1)*** 3.3 ± 1.7 (10.2 ± 3.6)
 Self-efficacy, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 6.9 ± 1.3 (23.5 ± 4.3) 5.7 ± 1.9 (23.0 ± 7.4) 8.9 ± 1.3 (28.8 ± 4.8)* 4.3 ± 2.4 (21.3 ± 7.4) 9.7 ± 1.5 (30.0 ± 5.0) 6.0 ± 2.4 (26.3 ± 7.8)
 Quality of life, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 8.7 ± 1.1 (36.8 ± 5.8)** 3.6 ± 1.6 (19.8 ± 7.1) 13.3 ± 1.3 (54.9 ± 7.0)*** 4.5 ± 1.6 (21.7 ± 6.9) 14.8 ± 1.4 (59.1 ± 7.3)*** 6.8 ± 1.8 (31.8 ± 8.8)
 Social limitation, mean ± SEM (% change from baseline) 10.2 ± 1.4 (46.6 ± 8.5)** 4.1 ± 1.7 (15.0 ± 5.3) 12.1 ± 1.6 (55.2 ± 11.0)* 7.2 ± 2.1 (25.4 ± 7.1) 13.1 ± 1.7 (54.4 ± 9.7) 8.5 ± 2.2 (27.5 ± 6.9)

KCCQ overall summary score data were previously published, and are included here for context.16

*P< 0.05; **P< 0.01; ***P< 0.001 for ferric carboxymaltose vs. placebo.