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Table 3 Hospital Characteristics in Patients with Heart Failure According to Hemoglobin Level, N = 955

From: Anemia and chronic kidney disease are associated with poor outcomes in heart failure patients

 

Hemoglobin in g/dL

 

<10 N (%) or Mean (SD)

10–12 N (%) or Mean (SD)

12–14 N (%) or Mean (SD)

≥14 N (%) or Mean (SD)

N (%) (N = 920)

74 (8.0)

180 (19.6)

334 (36.3)

332 (36.1)

CKD (N = 920)*

28 (37.8)

61 (33.9)

78 (23.4)

48 (14.5)

Mean (SD) serum creatinine (N = 920)* (μmol/L)

141.0 (91.0)

131.6 (76.5)

110.3 (42.5)

102.0 (30.7)

Left ventricular function (N = 920)*

    

Diastolic dysfunction

19 (25.7)

70 (38.9)

136 (40.7)

171 (51.5)

Systolic dysfunction

29 (39.2)

58 (32.2)

89 (26.7)

80 (24.1)

Undetermined

26 (35.1)

52 (28.9)

109 (32.6)

81 (24.4)

Mean (SD) ejection fraction in % (N = 429)*

41.8 (14.7)

39.7 (14.7)

35.9 (15.5)

34.1 (14.3)

Discharged with ACEI (N = 854)*

31 (45.6)

108 (63.2)

196 (63.2)

193 (63.2)

Hospital A (N = 406)

27 (6.7)

72 (17.7)

153 (37.7)

154 (37.9)

Hospital B (N = 514)

47 (9.1)

108 (21.0)

181 (35.2)

178 (34.6)

Inhospital mortality (N = 920)*

14 (18.9)

18 (10.0)

31 (9.3)

18 (5.4)

30 days readmissions (N = 839)

8 (13.3)

29 (17.9)

38 (12.5)

36 (11.5)

Mean (SD) length of stay (days) (N = 920)*

18.8 (21.3)

16.8 (16.4)

13.8 (17.0)

12.4 (9.5)

  1. CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; ACEI: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  2. *p value < 0.05