Table 2.
The prevalence distribution of anaemia and iron deficiency by sex, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class and LVEF
| Variable | No anaemia Iron deficiency |
Anaemia Iron deficiency |
Test statistic, p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 70 (33) | 26 (12.6) | 78 (37.9) | 32 (15.5) | |
| Male | 66 (33.9) | 11 (5.6) | 79 (40.5) | 39 (20) | χ2=6.60, 0.086 |
| NYHA class | |||||
| II | 35 (43.2) | 9 (11.1) | 23 (28.4) | 14 (17.3) | χ2=10.6, 0.101 |
| III | 69 (35.9) | 17 (8.9) | 73 (38) | 33 (17.2) | |
| IV | 32 (24.9) | 11 (8.6) | 61 (47.7) | 24 (18.8) | |
| LVEF (%) | |||||
| ≥45 | 58 (50) | 13 (11.2) | 33 (28.5) | 12 (10.3) | χ2=28.8, <0.001 |
| <45 | 62 (24.9) | 17 (6.8) | 119 (47.8) | 51 (20.5) | |