Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with heart failure
| Characteristics | Heart failure | Ischemic heart failure | Nonischemic heart failure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 143) | NonRAS (n = 121) | RAS (n = 22) | Total (n = 85) | NonRAS (n = 70) | RAS (n = 15) | Total (n = 58) | NonRAS (n = 51) | RAS (n = 7) | |
| Male, n (%) | 106 (74.1) | 92 (76.0) | 14 (63.6) | 63 (74.1) | 54 (77.1) | 9 (60.0) | 43 (74.1) | 38 (74.5) | 5 (71.4) |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 60.7 ± 11.4 | 59.5 ± 11.5 | 67.1 ± 8.7 | 63.3 ± 10.7 | 62.1 ± 10.8 | 68.5 ± 9.2 | 56.9 ± 11.4 | 55.8 ± 11.5 | 64.3 ± 7.4 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 104 (72.7) | 85 (70.2) | 19 (86.4) | 62 (72.9) | 49 (70.0) | 13 (86.7) | 42 (72.4) | 36 (70.6) | 6 (85.7) |
| Prior stroke, n (%) | 21 (14.7) | 15 (12.4) | 6 (27.3) | 16 (18.8) | 10 (14.3) | 6 (40) | 5 (8.6) | 5 (9.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 46 (32.2) | 36 (29.8) | 10 (45.5) | 34 (40.0) | 27 (38.6) | 7 (46.7) | 12 (20.7) | 9 (17.6) | 3 (42.9) |
| Smoking, n (%) | 67 (46.9) | 58 (47.9) | 9 (40.9) | 43 (50.6) | 36 (51.4) | 7 (46.7) | 24 (41.4) | 22 (43.1) | 2 (28.6) |
| Height (cm), mean ± SD (n) | 168.5 ± 7.6 (112) | 168.5 ± 7.3 (96) | 169.0 ± 9.4 (16) | 167.9 ± 6.9 (62) | 167.5 ± 6.0 (51) | 169.3 ± 9.1 (11) | 169.4 ± 8.6 (50) | 169.5 ± 8.5 (45) | 168.4 ± 10.9 (5) |
| Weight (kg), mean ± SD (n) | 74.4 ± 14.8 (126) | 74.3 ± 15.1 (108) | 74.8 ± 13.3 (18) | 71.2 ± 11.7 (73) | 71.0 ± 11.9 (61) | 72.5 ± 11.0 (12) | 78.8 ± 17.5 (53) | 78.7 ± 17.8 (47) | 79.5 ± 17.2 (6) |
| Hemoglobin (g/L), mean ± SD | 127.0 ± 18.9 | 128.0 ± 18.0 | 121.1 ± 22.8 | 126.2 ± 16.0 | 127.4 ± 14.4 | 120.1 ± 21.8 | 128.2 ± 22.6 | 128.8 ± 22.2 | 123.3 ± 26.5 |
| Serum creatinine (μmol/L), mean ± SD | 143.1 ± 128.5 | 137.5 ± 130.0 | 174.3 ± 117.8 | 124.8 ± 107.4 | 116.3 ± 110.8 | 164.1 ± 81.8 | 170.0 ± 151.2 | 166.4 ± 148.7 | 196.3 ± 179.2 |
| eGFR (ml·min−1·1.73 m−2), mean ± SD | 63.5 ± 29.7 | 66.8 ± 28.5 | 45.4 ± 30.0 | 67.2 ± 28.5 | 71.6 ± 25.4 | 46.4 ± 33.9 | 58.2 ± 30.8 | 60.3 ± 31.4 | 43.3 ± 21.5 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/L), mean ± SD | 1.86 ± 1.19 | 1.85 ± 1.16 | 1.90 ± 1.36 | 1.79 ± 1.08 | 1.83 ± 1.10 | 1.58 ± 0.98 | 1.97 ± 1.34 | 1.88 ± 1.26 | 2.70 ± 1.89 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L), mean ± SD | 2.67 ± 0.89 | 2.62 ± 0.87 | 2.95 ± 0.95 | 2.60 ± 0.98 | 2.49 ± 0.97 | 3.11 ± 0.91 | 2.77 ± 0.72 | 2.79 ± 0.69 | 2.57 ± 1.00 |
eGFR was calculated by CKD-EPI equation. SD: Standard deviation; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; RAS: Renal artery stenosis.