Table 1.
The baseline characteristics of the examined patients with EH complicated by CHF with preserved LV systolic function (M ± std. d.).
| Parameters | Males (n = 55) |
Females (n = 49) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 53.7 ± 6.4 | 51.5 ± 6.2 | 0.19 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 33.6 ± 5.2 | 30.3 ± 3.6 | 0.12 |
| HbA1c, % | 6.08 ± 0.09 | 5.92 ± 0.08 | 0.39 |
| NT-proBNP, pg/mL | 287 ± 96.9 | 282 ± 105 | 0.84 |
| The 6 min walk test, m | 407 ± 74 | 420 ± 80 | 0.14 |
| Office SBP, mmHg | 156 ± 8.8 | 148 ± 6.4 | 0.18 |
| Office DBP, mmHg | 90.2 ± 4.4 | 85.5 ± 5.7 | 0.32 |
| Heart rate, bpm | 74.3 ± 12.5 | 76.1 ± 8.7 | 0.21 |
| Ejection fraction, % | 62.8 ± 0.68 | 61.6 ± 0.73 | 0.27 |
| LVMI, g/m2 | 128 ± 1.52 | 121 ± 1.17 | 0.03 |
| LAVI, mL/m2 | 36.7 ± 0.36 | 36.1 ± 0.34 | 0.24 |
| E/e’ | 9.85 ± 0.40 | 8.63 ± 0.38 | 0.03 |
| e’ averaged, cm/s | 7.41 ± 0.23 | 8.31 ± 0.24 | 0.009 |
| CRP, mg/L | 4.91 ± 0.15 | 3.77 ± 0.17 | 0.001 |
| TNF-α, pg/mL | 5.81 ± 0.24 | 4.74 ± 0.29 | 0.002 |
| IL-6, pg/mL | 5.52 ± 0.29 | 4.21 ± 0.22 | 0.001 |
Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin, NT-proBNP: N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, LAVI: left atrium volume index, CRP: C-reactive protein, TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL-6: interleukin-6.