Table 5.

Hospitalization during study period specified as disease-specific – urgent or planned – or due to other causes. Results are presented as means ±1 SD (range). P-values are from Student’s t-test (P-value ≥0.05)

	CHF (n=58)	COPD (n=36)	P-value
Disease-specific hospitalization per subject, urgent	0.1±0.3 (0–1)	0.6±0.9 (0–4)	<0.01
Disease-specific hospitalization per subject, planned	0.0±0.1 (0–1)	0.2±0.6 (0–3)	n.s.
Hospitalization per subject due to other causes	0.7±1.3 (0–7)	0.5±1.0 (0–4)	n.s.

Abbreviations: CHF, chronic heart failure; n.s., not significant.