Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the population by tertile of ALBI, median (IQR), or N (%), or means±SD
| Variable | Overall (n=9749) |
Tertile 1 ALBI ≤2.59 (n=3250) | Tertile 2 ALBI −2.59 to −2.27 (n=3250) | Tertile 3 ALBI ≥2.27 (n=3249) | P value |
| Age (years) | 69.1±13.6 | 67.9±12.8 | 70.2±13.1 | 69.4±14.6 | <0.001 |
| Male (n (%)) | 5158 (52.9) | 1650 (50.8) | 1731 (53.3) | 1777 (54.7) | 0.006 |
| NYHA grading (n (%)) | <0.001 | ||||
| Ⅱ | 1954 (20.0) | 988 (30.4) | 637 (19.6) | 329 (10.1) | |
| Ⅲ | 4207 (43.2) | 1434 (44.1) | 1428 (43.9) | 1345 (41.4) | |
| Ⅳ | 3588 (36.8) | 828 (25.5) | 1185 (36.5) | 1575 (48.5) | |
| Heart rate on admission, bpm | 87.7±22.3 | 85.0±21.0 | 87.6±22.4 | 90.5±23.2 | <0.001 |
| SBP on admission, mm Hg | 135.2±22.7 | 136.1±21.0 | 135.9±22.7 | 133.5±24.1 | <0.001 |
| SGPT, U/L | 25.5±11.9 | 25.5±11.0 | 25.2±11.9 | 26.0±12.7 | 0.046 |
| SGOT, U/L | 31 (26,35) | 34 (23,34) | 31 (24,35) | 33 (28,37) | <0.001 |
| Albumin, g/L | 37.1±4.5 | 41.3±2.5 | 37.4±2.0 | 32.6±3.5 | <0.001 |
| TBIL, umol/L | 16.2±12.1 | 12.7±6.8 | 15.2±8.7 | 20.6±16.9 | <0.001 |
| LDL, mmol/L | 2.52±0.91 | 2.70±0.94 | 2.52±0.85 | 2.36±0.92 | <0.001 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 1.07±0.51 | 1.01±0.45 | 1.06±0.50 | 1.16±0.56 | <0.001 |
| Haemoglobin, g/L | 127.6±21.9 | 132.0±19.6 | 128.1±21.0 | 122.8±24.1 | <0.001 |
| Serum Na, mmol/L | 138.9±3.9 | 139.5±3.3 | 139.2±3.6 | 137.9±4.5 | <0.001 |
| FBG, mmol/L | 6.5±1.6 | 6.6±1.7 | 6.5±1.4 | 6.4±1.6 | <0.001 |
| cTNI, ng/mL | 0.04 (0.01, 0.28) | 0.03 (0.01, 0.15) | 0.04 (0.01, 0.31) | 0.06 (0.02, 0.35) | <0.001 |
| NT-pro-BNP, pg/mL | 2538 (986, 5850) | 1376 (570, 3284) | 2492 (1066, 5419) | 5186 (1987, 9085) | <0.001 |
| LVEF, % | 48.7±11.3 | 50.4±11.0 | 48.9±11.3 | 46.9±11.3 | <0.001 |
| comorbidities, n (%) | |||||
| CHD | 6282 (64.4) | 2184 (67.2) | 2129 (65.5) | 1969 (60.6) | <0.001 |
| Hypertension | 5948 (61.0) | 2149 (63.8) | 2129 (63.4) | 1860 (55.8) | <0.001 |
| AF | 3086 (31.7) | 1091 (33.6) | 1094 (33.7) | 901 (27.7) | <0.001 |
| DM | 3118 (32.0) | 1070 (32.9) | 1023 (31.5) | 1025 (31.5) | 0.371 |
| Smoking(n (%)) | 2664 (27.3) | 919 (28.3) | 855 (26.3) | 890 (27.4) | 0.203 |
| In-hospital mortality | 343 (3.5) | 67 (2.1) | 78 (2.4) | 198 (6.1) | <0.001 |
AF, atrial fibrillation; ALBI, albumin-bilirubin; CHD, coronary heart disease; cTNI, cardiac troponin I; DM, diabetes mellitus; FBG, fasting blood glucose; LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NT-proBNP, n‐terminal brain natriuretic peptide; NYHA, New York Heart Association; SBP, systolic blood pressure; Serum Na, serum sodium; SGOT, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; SGPT, serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase; TBIL, total bilirubin.