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. 2015 Dec 11;10(12):e0144850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144850

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with and without self-reported echocardiography confirmed-heart failure.

No HF (n = 1208) HF (n = 107) P-value
Age 61.27±11.54 65.36±10.44 0.0004
Male (%) 912 (75.50) 75 (70.09) 0.22
BMI 29.39±5.61 31.13±6.96 0.02
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 128.25±19.44 127.93±22.90 0.89
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 73.40±12.16 71.21±14.01 0.12
Hypertension (%) 840 (69.94) 96 (89.72) <0.0001
Diabetes mellitus (%) 475 (39.40) 54 (50.47) 0.03
Smoker (%) 320 (26.56) 18 (16.98) 0.033
HDL (mmol/L) 1.05±0.30 1.00±0.32 0.36
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.77±0.97 1.58±0.92 0.16
eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) 86.64±25.32 73.57±26.10 <0.0001

HF, heart failure; BMI, body mass index; HDL, high density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate