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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Oct 1;38(4):408–417. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.09.021

Table 2.

INTERMACS patient profiles at enrollment into the MedaMACS study track with functional status and quality of life.

Profile 4 (N=21) Profile 5 (N=49) Profile 6 (N=76) Profile 7 (N=15)
Age (years) 58 ± 10 60 ± 11 59 ± 11 57 ± 9
Ejection fraction (%) 21 ± 8 21 ± 7 21 ± 7 22 ± 6
NT-pro BNP (pg/ml) 6496 ± 4617 6407 ± 6952 4997 ± 3908 3564 ± 5946
Six minute walk (m)* 166 ± 143 143 ± 140 239 ± 154 212 ± 192
Gait speed (m/s)* 0.8 ± 0.3 0.9 ± 0.5 1.1 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.3
Peak VO2 (mL/kg/min)* 9.8 ± 4.1 10.9 ± 3.1 13.2 ± 5.5 12.9 ± 1.0
EuroQol 5D Index* 0.52 ± 0.21 0.70 ± 0.15 0.72 ± 0.19 0.73 ± 0.19
EuroQol VAS* 45 ± 20 54 ± 21 59 ± 21 60 ± 17
KCCQ score 52 ± 10 52 ± 12 50 ± 8 48 ± 14
*

P<0.05 for comparison across INTERMACS Patient Profiles

VO2=Oxygen consumption, VAS=Visual Analog Scale, KCCQ=Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire