Table 2.
Patient characteristics, significance level: p < 0.05.
| Total Cohort (n = 88) |
Healthy Compari- Son Group (n = 88) | p-value Total Cohort vs. Healthy Comparison | HTx (n = 31) |
LVAD (n = 43) |
HF (n = 14) |
p-value Sub- Groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (female in % (n)) | 11% (10) | 17% (15) | 0.29 | 26% (8) | 2% (1) | 7% (1) | <0.01 | |
| Age in years (mv ± sd) |
57.94 ± 10.88 | 58.17 ± 7.06 | 0.55 | 55.00 ± 9.24 | 60.44 ± 11.20 | 56.79 ± 12.09 | 0.02 | |
| Smo- king habits % (n) | Smo-ker | 11% (10) | 20% (15) | 0.31 | 10% (3) | 14% (6) | 86% (12) | 0.15 |
| non- smo-ker |
76% (67) | 64% (59) | 87% (27) | 65% (28) | 7% (1) | |||
| For-mer smo-ker | 13% (11) | 16% (14) | 3% (1) | 21% (9) | 7% (1) | |||
HTx: heart transplantation, LVAD: left-ventricular assist device, HF: heart failure, mv: mean value, sd: standard deviation, significant values are highlighted in bold.