Table 1.

Parameters	control subjects n = 10	HFrEF patients N = 13
Age [years]	43.3 [25–81]	59.2 [24–81]
Height [cm]	179.4 ± 6.6	177.6 ± 8.1
Weight [kg]	81.8 ± 6.5	86.0 ± 12.2
Body mass index [kg/m2]	25.5 ± 2.7	27.3 ± 3.6
previous MI [%]	0/10 [0]	4/13 [30.8]
Previous stroke [%]	0/10 [0]	2/13 [15.4]
LV ejection fraction [%]	60.9 ± 3.3	25.0 ± 4.8

Shown are means ± SD, [min.-max.], or [%]; MI: myocardial infarction; LV: left ventricular