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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2009 Apr 25;15(7):553–560. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.02.002

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Subjects

Variable SHF (overall) (n = 1012) HFPSF (overall) (n = 872) HFPSF (QRS < 120 ms) (n = 679) HFPSF (QRS ≥120 ms) (n = 193)
Age (y) 71 ± 14 74 ± 13* 72 ± 13 78 ± 11
Gender (% female) 41 67* 69 60
Race (% Caucasian) 73 79* 78 82
BMI (kg/m2) 29.0 ± 7.6 32.0 ± 9.4* 32.8 ± 9.6 29.8 ± 8.1
LVEF (%) 25 ± 8 60 ± 8* 60 ± 8 59 ± 7
EFFECT model score (points) 96 ± 26 105 ± 26
ECG QRS duration (ms) 89 ± 12 148 ± 22
History of: Heart failure (%) 84 75* 72 83
CAD (%) 72 57* 54 64
Atrial fibrillation (%) 25 27 33 47
Hypertension (%) 76 84* 84 82
Admit systolic BP (mm Hg) 142 ± 33 154 ± 33* 154 ± 32 157 ± 33
Admit diastolic BP (mm Hg) 79 ± 21 77 ± 20* 77 ± 20 77 ± 20
Admit heart rate (beats/min) 90 ± 22 85 ± 22* 86 ± 22 84 ± 21
Peripheral edema on exam (%) 73 81* 81 79
Radiographic pulmonary edema (%) 67 70 69 74
Laboratory studies at admission:
Serum creatinine 1.7 ± 1.4 1.8 ± 1.7 1.7 ± 1.6 1.8 ± 1.9
Serum sodium 137 ± 5 138 ± 4 138 ± 4 137 ± 4
Serum hemoglobin 12.4 ± 2.0 11.8 ± 2.0* 11.9 ± 2.0 11.6 ± 2.0

BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ECG, electrocardiogram; HFPSF, heart failure with preserved systolic function; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; SHF, systolic heart failure; EFFECT, Enhanced Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment Score.

Continuous variables are presented as means ± SD.

*

Denotes significant (P < .05) difference between SHF and HFPSF in overall population.

Denotes significant (P < .05) difference between HFPSF subjects with QRS <120 ms and QRS ≥120 ms.