Table 2.
A. Prevalence of anemia among heart failure patients. B. Features of heart failure patients with and without anemia.
| A. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Anemic | |||||||||||||||||
| Tymińska et al. [21] | 1394 | 466 (33.42%) | ||||||||||||||||
| McCullough et al. [22] | 1763 | 728 (41.29%) | ||||||||||||||||
| Maggioni et al. [23] | 7421 | 828 (11.15%) | ||||||||||||||||
| B. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tymińska et al. [21] | McCullough et al. [22] | Maggioni et al. [23] | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Non-anemic | Anemic | Total | Non-anemic | Anemic | Total | Non-anemic | Anemic | ||||||||||
| Number of patients | 1394 | 928 | 466 | 1763 | 1035 | 728 | 7421 | 6593 | 828 | |||||||||
| Men | 918 | (65.85%) | 599 | (64.55%) | 319 | (68.45%) | 1283 | (72.77%) | 847 | (81.84%) | 436 | (59.89%) | 5887 | (79.33%) | 5246 | (79.57%) | 641 | (77.42%) |
| Hypertension | 959 | (68.79%) | 629 | (67.78%) | 330 | (70.82%) | 1068 | (60.58%) | 605 | (58.45%) | 463 | (63.60%) | — | — | — | |||
| CKD | 293 | (21.02%) | 161 | (17.35%) | 132 | (28.33%) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| COPD | 261 | (18.72%) | 142 | (15.30%) | 119 | (25.54%) | 159 | (9.02%) | 79 | (7.63%) | 80 | (10.99%) | — | — | — | |||
| NYHA class III/IV | 1032 | (74.0%) | 649 | (69.94%) | 383 | (82.19%) | 644 | (36.53%) | 337 | (32.56%) | 307 | (42.17%) | 2698 | (36.36%) | 2279 | (34.57%) | 419 | (50.60%) |
CKD, chronic kidney disease. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. NYHA, New York Heart Association.