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Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Mar;7(3):228–238. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.01.003

Table 1b –

Vital signs and health status according to sex

	Female	Male
Characteristic	(N=882)	(N=885)	p-value
Heart rate, bpm	69.7±11.4	68.4±11.0	0.033
SBP, mm Hg	129.0± 16.4	126.1± 15.2	<0.001
DBP, mm Hg	72.0±11.8	70.7±11.1	0.02
Body mass index, kg/m²	34.4± 8.8	33.2± 7.4	0.025
Serum potassium, mmol/L	4.17±0.43	4.21±0.43	0.047
Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL	24.0±12.3	25.8±12.5	<0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL	1.06±0.30	1.28±0.34	<0.001
Estimated GFR, ml/min/1.73 m²	63.0±22.3	66.0±20.5	<0.001
Hemoglobin, g/dL	12.4± 1.6	13.2± 1.8	<0.001
NYHA class III-IV	336 (38)	284 (32)	0.008
KCCQ overall score	54.8±22.5	61.4±23.8	<0.001
PHQ-9 score	8.3± 6.7	7.4± 6.3	0.003
Estimated METs/week	9.3±14.4	10.4±22.1	0.338

SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure GFR = Glomerular Filtration Rate NYHA = New York Heart Association KCCQ = Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire MET = Metabolic equivalent