. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Jun 23;33(12):1215–1222. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.06.007

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics.

	Controls (n=24)	Stable HF (n=40)	VAD Implant (n=40)	VAD Explant (n=40)
Age (yrs)	48±7.1	58±8.4	53±11.2	53.5±11
Gender (% male)	11 (61%)	25 (83%)	28 (82%)	27 (82%)
BMI (kg/m2)	28.4±6.4	29.4±4.2	26.8±5.5	26.1±4.3
Etiology of HF (n,%)
Dilated CMY	NA	18 (60%)	21 (62%)	19 (58%)
Ischemic CMY		11 (37%)	13 (38%)	13 (39%)
Other		1 (3%)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)

Data show means±SD. Significance tested using ANOVA post-hoc Tukey analysis.

Abbreviations not defined in the text: BMI - body mass index.