Table 5.

Baseline criteria of patients included in the current study, in Dubai,²⁵ in PREVEND³⁴ and in KaRen³³ studies.

	This study	Dubai25	PREVEND34	KaRen33
Total number	109	106	125	539
Age	59 ± 8	67 ± 15	63 + 9	77 ± 9
Females	55	59	52	56
BMI > 25	71	63	32 > 30a
HTN	64	77	75	78
DM	64	63	12	30
Dyslipidemia	76	22	42
Smoking	26	22	25
Prior HF	33	83	New onset	40
AF	31	33	5	44
CAD	16	46	19	29
Anemia	35	79		37
Hospital stay	5	6		5
COPD	25	26		14
Mortality	4	6		2.4

DM = diabetes mellitus, HTN = hypertension, AF = atrial fibrillation, CAD = coronary artery disease, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

^a32% of the patients had BMI > 30.