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. 2021 Feb 5;8(2):1446–1459. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13230
Total population AMI ADHF
Adequate N = 133 Low N = 75 P value Adequate N = 81 Low N = 21 P value Adequate N = 52 Low N = 54 P value
Sex (N = 208) 0.136 0.934 0.536
Men 93 (69.9%) 44 (58.7%) 61 (75.3%) 15 (71.4%) 32 (61.5%) 29 (53.7%)
Women 40 (30.1%) 31 (41.3%) 20 (24.7%) 6 (28.6%) 20 (38.5%) 25 (46.3%)
Age (N = 208) 67.1 (14.7) 71.0 (15.2) 0.076 62.4 (12.8) 63.6 (14.5) 0.747 74.4 (14.5) 73.9 (14.6) 0.850
Less than 65 64 (48.1%) 28 (37.3%) 0.174 53 (65.4%) 12 (57.1%) 0.653 11 (21.2%) 16 (29.6%) 0.436
65 or more 69 (51.9%) 47 (62.7%) 28 (34.6%) 9 (42.9%) 41 (78.8%) 38 (70.4%)
Marital status (N = 208) 0.101 1.000 0.107
In couple 91 (68.4%) 42 (56.0%) 56 (69.1%) 15 (71.4%) 35 (67.3%) 27 (50.0%)
Single 42 (31.6%) 33 (44.0%) 25 (30.9%) 6 (28.6%) 17 (32.7%) 27 (50.0%)
Type of cohabitation (N = 207) 1.000 0.950 1.000
Live alone 39 (29.5%) 22 (29.3%) 22 (27.5%) 5 (23.8%) 17 (32.7%) 17 (31.5%)
Live as a family/couple 93 (70.5%) 53 (70.7%) 58 (72.5%) 16 (76.2%) 35 (67.3%) 37 (68.5%)
Education level (N = 207) <0.001 0.039 0.029
Primary and secondary 65 (48.9%) 24 (32.4%) 40 (49.4%) 10 (47.6%) 25 (48.1%) 14 (26.4%)
Middle and university 32 (24.1%) 7 (9.5%) 25 (30.9%) 2 (9.52%) 7 (13.5%) 5 (9.43%)
No school 36 (27.1%) 43 (58.1%) 16 (19.8%) 9 (42.9%) 20 (38.5%) 34 (64.2%)
Employment status N = 208 0.156 0.879 0.941
Unemployed 15 (11.3%) 9 (12.0%) 8 (9.9%) 3 (14.3%) 7 (13.5%) 6 (11.1%)
Employed 41 (30.8%) 14 (18.7%) 37 (45.7%) 9 (42.9%) 4 (7.69%) 5 (9.26%)
Retired 77 (57.9%) 52 (69.3%) 36 (44.4%) 9 (42.9%) 41 (78.8%) 43 (79.6%)
Annual income N = 166 <0.001 0.014 0.004
<€10 000 14 (13.3%) 27 (44.3%) 8 (11.8%) 5 (27.8%) 6 (16.2%) 22 (51.2%)
€10 000–€19 999 32 (30.5%) 20 (32.8%) 16 (23.5%) 8 (44.4%) 16 (43.2%) 12 (27.9%)
€20 000–€50 000 59 (56.2%) 14 (23.0%) 44 (64.7%) 5 (27.8%) 15 (40.5%) 9 (20.9%)
Health insurance N = 204 0.037 0.090 0.415
Welfare assistance 7 (5.3%) 11 (15.1%) 3 (3.7%) 3 (15.0%) 4 (8.0%) 8 (15.1%)
General health insurance 124 (94.7%) 62 (84.9%) 78 (96.3%) 17 (85.0%) 46 (92.0%) 45 (84.9%)
Native language N = 208 <0.001 0.016 0.001
French 121 (91.0%) 47 (62.7%) 75 (92.6%) 15 (71.4%) 46 (88.5%) 32 (59.3%)
Other than French 12 (9.0%) 28 (37.3%) 6 (7.4%) 6 (28.6%) 6 (11.5%) 22 (40.7%)
Nationality (N = 208) <0.001 0.016 0.011
French 126 (94.7%) 54 (72.0%) 4 (19.0%) 2 (2.5%) 37 (68.5%) 47 (90.4%)
Foreign 5 (3.76%) 15 (20.0%) 4 (19.0%) 2 (2.5%) 17 (31.5%) 5 (9.62%)
Obesity (N = 183) 29 (25.4%) 28 (40.6%) 0.048 13 (19.4%) 7 (43.8%) 0.054 16 (34.0%) 21 (39.6%) 0.712
Active smoking (N = 204) 39 (30.0%) 18 (24.3%) 0.480 32 (39.5%) 12 (60.0%) 0.160 7 (14.3%) 6 (11.1%) 0.851
Blood pressure (N = 204) 56 (43.1%) 43 (58.1%) 0.055 32 (39.5%) 9 (45.0%) 0.846 24 (49.0%) 34 (63.0%) 0.219
OSA (N = 205) 26 (19.8%) 17 (23.0%) 0.727 9 (11.1%) 3 (15.0%) 0.701 17 (34.0%) 14 (25.9%) 0.493
Atrial fibrillation (N = 204) 29 (22.3%) 27 (36.5%) 0.044 8 (9.9%) 2 (10.0%) 1.000 21 (42.9%) 25 (46.3%) 0.879
Dyslipidaemia (N = 202) 33 (25.6%) 29 (39.7%) 0.053 23 (28.4%) 6 (30.0%) 1.000 10 (20.8%) 23 (43.4%) 0.028
Physical activity N = 202 0.002 0.683 0.109
Low 50 (38.5%) 44 (61.1%) 21 (26.2%) 6 (31.6%) 29 (58.0%) 38 (71.7%)
Moderate 35 (26.9%) 18 (25.0%) 25 (31.2%) 7 (36.8%) 10 (20.0%) 11 (20.8%)
High 45 (34.6%) 10 (13.9%) 34 (42.5%) 6 (31.6%) 11 (22.0%) 4 (7.55%)
Help with taking treatments (N = 203) 9 (10.1%) 16 (33.3%) 0.002 3 (5.26%) 1 (7.69%) 0.569 6 (18.8%) 15 (42.9%) 0.063
First hospitalization for infarctus (N = 101) 15 (71.4%) 68 (85.0%) 0.198
Number of hospitalization for infarctus (N = 18) 2.42 (1.38) 2.33 (1.37) 0.906
Stenting (N = 100) 65 (81.2%) 17 (85.0%) 1.000
Type of infarction (N = 102) 0.327
STEMI ST+ 50 (61.7%) 16 (76.2%)
NSTEMI ST− 31 (38.3%) 5 (23.8%)
First decompensation (N = 104) 13 (25.0%) 16 (30.8%) 0.662
Number of hospitalization for decompensated heart failure 4.22 (3.9) 4.03 (3.5) 0.844
Severity (NYHA)(N = 54) 0.276
II 1 (3.8%) 4 (14.3%)
III 18 (69.2%) 14 (50.0%)
IV 7 (26.9%) 10 (35.7%)
Type of heart failure (N = 94) 0.666
LVEF < 45% 29 (61.7%) 32 (68.1%)
LVEF > 45% 18 (38.3%) 15 (31.9%)
Follow‐up in therapeutic patient education (N = 104) 1 (2.0%) 1 (1.85%) 1.000
PRADO planned (N = 103) 29 (58.0%) 27 (50.9%) 0.603
Defibrillation (N = 97) 15 (28.3%) 15 (31.2%) 0.916
Mechanical support (N = 97) 5 (9.6%) 8 (16.3%) 0.478
Length of stay (N = 198) 5.27 (4.9) 6.50 (4.1) 0.065 3.4 (4.3) 2.9 (1.1) 0.409 8.2 (4.5) 7.9 (4.0) 0.745
Number of treatments at discharge (N = 203) 7.99 (2.4) 8.22 (2.3) 0.504 8.11 (1.7) 8.4 (1.4) 0.394 7.80 (3.3) 8.14 (2.6) 0.566
First hospitalization 84 (63.6%) 28 (38.4%) 0.001

Abbreviations: LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association; OSA, obstructive sleep apnoea; PRADO, inpatient return home service.