Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients admitted with heart failure categorized by presence of worsening renal function (WRF) during hospitalization (n = 301).
| Factors | No WRF n = 219 |
WRF n = 82 |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) age, year | 66.47 (15.69) | 67.57 (13.46) | .675 |
| Male sex, n (%) | 94 (42.92) | 27 (32.93) | .146 |
| Mean (SD) Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.54 (7.15) | 27.25 (8.28) | .774 |
| Comorbid diseases, n (%) | |||
| Hypertension | 159 (72.60) | 69 (84.15) | .049 |
| Diabetes | 121 (55.25) | 50 (60.98) | .433 |
| Coronary artery disease | 55 (25.11) | 23 (28.05) | .658 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 28 (12.79) | 12 (14.63) | .704 |
| Dyslipidemia | 118 (53.88) | 48 (58.54) | .516 |
| Stroke/TIA | 16 (7.31) | 5 (6.10) | .805 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 166 (75.80) | 64 (78.05) | .761 |
| Stage I | 31 (14.16) | 8 (9.76) | .174 |
| Stage II | 47 (21.46) | 13 (15.85) | |
| Stage III | 58 (26.48) | 23 (28.05) | |
| Stage IV | 36 (16.44) | 15 (18.29) | |
| Stage V, no dialysis | 9 (4.11) | 10 (12.20) | |
| Unknown | 38 (17.35) | 13 (15.85) | |
| NYHA FC, n (%) | .222 | ||
| FC I | 3 (1.37) | 1 (1.22) | |
| FC II | 8 (3.65) | 4 (4.88) | |
| FC III | 105 (47.95) | 29 (35.37) | |
| FC IV | 103 (47.03) | 48 (58.54) | |
| Causes of heart failure, n (%) | |||
| Acute coronary syndrome | 38 (17.35) | 21 (25.61) | .141 |
| Hypertensive emergency | 24 (10.96) | 11 (13.41) | .549 |
| Cardiomyopathy | 78 (35.62) | 30 (36.59) | .893 |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 34 (15.53) | 6 (7.32) | .085 |
NYHA: New York Heart Association; FC: Functional Classification.