. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2018 Apr 24;103(6):807–818. doi: 10.1113/EP086948

Table 1. Subject characteristics.

	Controls (n = 15)	HFrEF (n = 23)
Age, yrs	64 ± 11	63 ± 10
Height, cm	176 ± 7	175 ± 5
Weight, kg	80 ± 15	85 ± 16
Body mass index, kg/m²	26 ± 5	28 ± 4
Maximum voluntary contraction, kg	27 ± 5	25 ± 5
Glucose, mg/dl	85 ± 17	99 ± 18
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	192 ± 35	155 ± 40
Triglycerides, mg/dl	143 ± 66	131 ± 56
HDL, mg/dl	49 ± 11	39 ± 10^*
LDL, mg/dl	124 ± 29	96 ± 27

HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

Significant difference from control, P <0.05.