Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with heart failure with reduced (HFrEF) and preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction.

Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

	HFrEF	HFpEF
Number of patients	18 (15 males)	22 (14 males)
Age	69.2 ± 2.8	75.7 ± 1.8
NYHA class	II (n = 9) III (n = 9)	II (n = 16) III (n = 6)
BMI (Kg/m2)	26.54 ± 0.95	28.9 ± 1.30
NT-proBNP (pg/ml)	6000.07 ± 2297.22	2548.40 ± 551.11*
HOMA-IR	2.30 ± 0.38	2.73 ± 0.54
TAC (sec)	68.7 ± 4.7	75.8 ± 7.5

*p < 0.05