Table 1:

Baseline characteristics of 179 HF patients in the COPE-HF study

	Total	High social support	Low social support	p
		n=119	n=60
Age, years	57.8 ± 11.5	58.3 ± 11.7	56.8 ± 11.2	0.414
Men	131 (73.2%)	84 (70.6%)	47 (78.3%)	0.270
Race: White	96 (53.6%)	67 (56.3%)	29 (49.2%)	0.368
Married	99 (55.3%)	75 (63.0%)	24 (40.0%)	0.003
Obesity	99 (57.2%)	63 (55.3%)	36 (61.0%)	0.468
Ischemic cause	72 (40.0%)	54 (45.4%)	18 (30.0%)	0.048
BNP*	121.6 (52.9, 304.9)	121.2 (53.1, 294.7)	136.6 (50.0, 320.4)	0.800
Baseline KCCQ score	62.1 ± 21.7	63.9 ± 21.6	58.5 ± 21.7	0.117
Baseline BDI-II score	13.9 ± 9.9	11.9 ± 9.0	17.9 ± 10.5	<0.001

Note: Continuous variables are described as mean ± Standard Deviation or *Median (Q25, Q75) based on their distribution. Discrete variables are presented as n (%).