. 2017 Oct 22;2017:7420738. doi: 10.1155/2017/7420738

Table 1.

Patients' characteristics.

	Nonreadmission n = 90	Readmission n = 23	F or χ² value	p value
Age, years	79.6 ± 6.9	83.8 ± 5.9	1.12^a	0.008
Sex, male, %	55.6	47.8	0.44	0.51
BMI, kg/m²	22.8 ± 3.0	21.3 ± 3.5	0.89^a	0.04
Clinical parameter
LVEF, %	47.2 ± 16.6	49.4 ± 13.5	2.13^a	0.55
BNP level, pg/mL	783.8 ± 826.4	696.2 ± 410.2	2.83^a	0.62
NYHA class I/II, %	84.4/15.6	65.2/34.8	4.32	0.04
Creatinine level, mg/dL	1.3 ± 0.9	1.9 ± 1.7	9.43	0.16
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m²	50.1 ± 21.8	40.3 ± 24.7	0.92^a	0.06
Hemoglobin level, g/dL	11.5 ± 2.0	10.4 ± 2.2	0.13^a	0.04
Albumin level at discharge, g/dL	3.5 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.4	0.14	0.35
Acute management, %	18.9	8.7	1.36	0.24
Comorbidity, %
Hypertension	86.7	82.6	0.25	0.62
Diabetes	44.4	30.4	1.48	0.22
Ischemic heart disease	51.1	47.8	0.08	0.78
Valvular disease	27.8	43.5	2.11	0.15
Atrial fibrillation	41.1	56.5	1.76	0.18
Orthopedic disease	37.8	34.8	0.07	0.79
Neurological disease	24.0	5.6	3.04	0.08
Respiratory disease	21.1	21.7	0.004	0.95
CCI	2.2 ± 1.9	2.8 ± 2.3	1.82	0.45
Medication
Diuretic	93.3	95.7	0.17	0.68
β-blockers	58.9	52.2	0.34	0.56
ACEI/ARB	40.0	47.8	0.46	0.50
Rehabilitation progress
Initiation of walking exercise, days	4.6 ± 4.9	6.2 ± 7.1	3.15^a	0.21
Length of hospital stay, days	17.3 ± 7.4	15.9 ± 7.1	0.23^a	0.43
Motor FIM score on admission	39.4 ± 18.0	34.8 ± 15.2	0.85^a	0.26
Motor FIM score at discharge	79.8 ± 8.1	70.9 ± 9.5	0.94^a	<0.001
Cognitive FIM score on admission	29.6 ± 7.0	26.5 ± 8.2	0.61^a	0.07
Cognitive FIM score at discharge	33.0 ± 3.9	31.2 ± 5.2	4.78^a	0.08

Values are presented as a mean ± standard deviation or %; ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker; BMI = body mass index; BNP = brain natriuretic peptide; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; FIM = Functional Independence Measurement; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA = New York Heart Association. ^aF value.