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Table 1 Clinical characteristics

From: Annual evolution of the prescription of drugs with prognostic implications in acute decompensated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

 

De novo without previous heart disease

De novo with previous heart disease

Non-de novo

p

Total

n

108

107

387

 

602

Age (years), mean ± SD

65.3 ± 16.0

72.0 ± 1.1

71.7 ± 12.1

< 0.001

70.6 ± 13.1

Sex (Female), n (%)

36(33.3)

31(29.0)

101(26.1)

0.321

168(27.9)

Baseline heart disease, n (%)*

   

< 0.001

 

 Ischaemic

 Valvular

 DCM

 AF/Flutter

 HT

 Other

32(29.6)

18(16.7)

26(24.1)

13(12.0)

4(3.7)

15(13.9)

48(44.9)

17(15.9)

13(12.1)

20(18.7)

4(3.7)

5(4.7)

175(45.2)

73(18.9)

67(17.3)

17(4.4)

20(5.2)

35(9.0)

 

255(42.4)

108(17.9)

106(17.6)

50(8.3)

28(4.7)

55(8.9)

Antecedents, n (%)

     

 Previous CVS

 HT

 Dyslipidaemia

 DM

 Active smoking

 Active drinking

 COPD

 SAHS

 Obesity

 Renal failure

 Hypothyroidism

 AF

 Stroke

 PVD

14(13.0)

41(38.0)

31(28.7)

28(25.9)

203(52.5)

13(12.0)

9(8.3)

3(3.3)

13(12.0)

20(18.5)

5(4.6)

39(36.1)

6(6.3)

4(4.5)

9(8.4)

91(85.0)

59(55.1)

54(50.5)

144(37.2)

8(7.5)

9(8.4)

7(7.4)

16(15.0)

85(79.4)

7(6.5)

37(34.6)

15(15.3)

8(8.5)

84(21.7)

314(81.1)

258(66.7)

196(50.6)

40(10.3)

17(4.4)

78(20.2)

66(21.1)

74(19.1)

209(54.0)

44(11.4)

222(57.4)

31(9.5)

38(12.1)

0.002

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.003

0.001

< 0.001

0.181

< 0.001

0.057

< 0.001

0.099

0.080

107(17.8)

446(74.1)

348(57.8)

278(46.2)

91(15.1)

38(6.3)

96(15.9)

76(15.3)

103(17.1)

220(36.5)

56(9.3)

298(49.5)

52(10.0)

50(10.1)

  1. * Refers to the underlying etiology that prompts the diagnosis of heart failure, whether de novo or not
  2. Abbreviations: AF: atrial fibrillation; CVS: cardiovascular surgery; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DCM: dilated cardiomyopathy; HT: hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; SAHS: sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome; SD: standard deviation; PVD: peripheral vascular disease