Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

	Control	HF
Age (year)	29 ± 6	50 ± 5*
Body weight (kg)	87 ± 15	90 ± 7
Height (m)	1.65 ± 0.01	1.79 ± 0.03
Ejection fraction (%)	–	20 (9)*
Males/Females	0/3	10/1

HF, heart failure. Data are mean ± SE. Ejection fraction is shown as median (interquartile range) from 3 controls and 6 patients.

^*P < 0.05 compared to control.