Table 1.
Baseline Patient and Hospital Characteristics of Patients with HFpEF, GWTG-HF, 2005–2011
| Variable | Overall (N=23653) | White (N=19575) | Black (N=2085) | Hispanic (N=1088) | Asian (N=368) | Other (N=537) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Demographics | |||||||
| Age, yrs, mean(SD*) | 80.8 (8.1) | 81.35 (8.0) | 77.2 (8.3) | 79.1 (8.3) | 80.4 (7.9) | 79.6 (7.9) | <0.0001 |
| Female, No. (%) | 14872 (62.7) | 12188 (62.3) | 1411 (67.7) | 675 (62.0) | 214 (58.2) | 339 (63.1) | <0.0001 |
| Insurance Status, No. (%) | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Medicare | 16806 (74.4) | 14078 (75.2) | 1342 (68.9) | 741 (70.6) | 267 (75.0) | 378 (72.7) | |
| Medicaid | 1301 (5.8) | 688 (3.7) | 326 (16.7) | 186 (17.7) | 55 (15.5) | 46 (8.9) | |
| Other | 4496 (19.9) | 3963 (21.2) | 281 (14.4) | 122 (11.6) | 34 (9.6) | 96 (18.5) | |
| BMI, kg/m2, mean(SD*) | 28.6 (7.9) | 28.4 (7.8) | 30.9 (9.3) | 29.5 (7.8) | 24.8 (6.2) | 28.1 (7.3) | <0.0001 |
| BMI, categories, No. (%) | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Underweight (≤ 18.5 kg/m2) | 1076 (4.6) | 911 (4.7) | 66 (3.2) | 33 (3.0) | 41 (11.1) | 25 (4.7) | |
| Normal (18.5 – 24.9 kg/m2) | 7602 (32.1) | 6438 (32.9) | 508 (24.4) | 292 (26.8) | 182 (49.5) | 182 (33.9) | |
| Overweight (25 – 29.9 kg/m2) | 6646 (28.1) | 5518 (28.2) | 555 (26.6) | 332 (30.5) | 89 (24.2) | 152 (28.3) | |
| Obese I (30 – 34.9 kg/m2) | 4147 (17.5) | 3406 (17.4) | 404 (19.4) | 213 (19.6) | 38 (10.3) | 86 (16.0) | |
| Obese II (35 – 39.9 kg/m2) | 2178 (9.2) | 1754 (9.0) | 253 (12.1) | 110 (10.1) | 9 (2.5) | 52 (9.7) | |
| Obese III (≥40 kg/m2) | 2004 (8.5) | 1548 (7.9) | 299 (14.3) | 108 (9.9) | 9 (2.5) | 40 (7.5) | |
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| Diabetes-Insulin Treated, No. (%) | 4087 (17.4) | 3111 (16.0) | 527 (25.4) | 283 (26.2) | 63 (17.2) | 103 (19.4) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes-Non-insulin Treated, No. (%) | 5511 (23.5) | 4380 (22.6) | 571 (27.6) | 330 (30.5) | 103 (28.1) | 127 (24.0) | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension, No. (%) | 18930 (80.6) | 15436 (79.5) | 1844 (89.0) | 922 (85.3) | 318 (86.9) | 410 (77.4) | <0.0001 |
| Ischemic Etiology, No. (%) | 12858 (54.8) | 10821 (55.7) | 972 (46.9) | 591 (54.7) | 184 (50.3) | 290 (54.7) | <0.0001 |
| CAD, No. (%) | 11434 (48.7) | 9634 (49.6) | 880 (42.5) | 514 (47.6) | 160 (43.7) | 246 (46.4) | <0.0001 |
| CVA/TIA, No. (%) | 4064 (17.3) | 3355 (17.3) | 422 (20.4) | 149 (13.8) | 67 (18.3) | 71 (13.4) | <0.0001 |
| Anemia, No. (%) | 5246 (22.4) | 4287 (22.1) | 587 (28.3) | 200 (18.5) | 65 (17.8) | 107 (20.2) | <0.0001 |
| Smoking, No. (%) | 1827 (7.8) | 1451 (7.5) | 243 (11.7) | 76 (7.0) | 17 (4.7) | 40 (7.5) | <0.0001 |
| Renal Insufficiency, No. (%) | 4451 (19.0) | 3493 (18.0) | 543 (26.2) | 210 (19.4) | 85 (23.2) | 120 (22.6) | <0.0001 |
| Hospital Characteristics | |||||||
| Number of Beds, mean (SD*) | 410.0 (235.6) | 409.2(236.9) | 456.9(234.9) | 358.3(198.4) | 362.0(222.2) | 392.3(234.7) | <0.0001 |
| Teaching Hospital, mean (SD*) | 13589 (57.5) | 11157 (57.0) | 1442 (69.2) | 493 (45.3) | 181 (49.2) | 316 (58.9) | <0.0001 |
*
SD - standard deviation.