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Table 1 Comparison of participants with and without diastolic dysfunction

From: High frequency of diastolic dysfunction in a population-based cohort of elderly women - but poor association with the symptom dyspnea

 

No Diastolic Dysfunction

Diastolic dysfunction

 

Parameter

n = 169

n = 122

p

Age, years

74.07 ± 2.53

74.46 ± 2.72

0.210

Body mass index, kg/m2

27.01 ± 4.55

28.34 ± 4.50

0.014

Hypertension, n (%)

108 (63.9)

100 (82.0)

0.001

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

15 (8.9)

12 (9.8)

0.941

Current smoking, n (%)

8 (4.7)

1 (1.2)

0.119

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

85 (50.3)

70 (57.4)

0.282

Myocardial infarction, n (%)

8 (4.7)

11 (9.0)

0.145

Hospitalization for CHF, n (%)

9 (5.3)

16 (13.1)

0.033

Stroke, n (%)

4 (2.4)

6 (4.9)

0.394

MLHFQ (score)

6.84 ± 8.11

9.77 ± 10.52

0.008

Dyspnea, n (%)

69 (40.8)

49 (40.2)

0.994

BNP, pg/mL

51.79 ± 50.4

86.18 ± 178.91

0.018

LVEF, %

68.6 ± 6.8

68.1 ± 6.0

0.516

  1. Values are mean ± SD if not otherwise noted; CHF = congestive heart failure, MLHFQ = Minnnesota living with heart failure questionnaire, BNP = brain natriuretic peptide, LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction