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. 2022 Jul 14;9:943778. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.943778

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of studied population.

Studied population N = 414 SC-group N = 95 STM-group N = 99 ITM-group N = 220 P-value
Age 63.45 ± 13.98 66.24 ± 13.20 66.57 ± 12.78 60.84 ± 14.36 <0.05
Male sex 328 (79.2%) 75 (78.9%) 79 (79.8%) 174 (79.1%) 0.987
BMI (kg/m2) 26.92 ± 5.37 27.12 ± 5.54 26.90 ± 5.02 26.84 ± 5.47 0.917
Hypertension 170 (41.6%) 46 (48.4%) 48 (48.5%) 76 (35.3%) 0.027
Diabetes mellitus 108 (26.4%) 35 (36.8%) 31 (31.3%) 42 (19.5%) 0.03
Heart transplant 30 (7.2%) 6 (6.3%) 10 (10.1) 14 (6.4%) 0.454
Ambulatory 37 (8.9%) 1 (1.1%) 3 (3.0%) 33 (15.0%) <0.05
Ischemic HF 171 (41.4%) 47 (50.0%) 46 (46.5%) 78 (35.4%) 0.028
LVEF (%) 30.21 ± 11.97 31.43 ± 12.79 33.33 ± 13.62 28.28 ± 10.40 0.005
NTproBNP (pg/ml) 6010 ± 8398 6205 ± 7588 7141 ± 11279 5522 ± 7367 0.932
Beta-blocker 340 (83.1%) 77 (81.1%) 76 (76.8%) 187 (87%) 0.067
(ACEi, ARB, ARNIs) 334 (81.7%) 74 (77.9%) 71 (71.7%) 189 (87.9%) 0.001
Furosemide 399 (96.4%) 90 (94.7%) 94 (94.9%) 215 (97.7%) 0.248
Ivabradine 48 (11.7%) 9 (9.5%) 4 (4.0%) 35 (16.3%) 0.005

SC-group, standard of care group; STM-group, standard telemonitoring-group; ITM-group, interventional telemonitoring group; BMI, body mass index; HF, heart failure; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; ACEi, Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, Angiotensinogen 2 receptor antogaonist; ARNIs, Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors.