Research Article
Oxidative Stress Markers and C-Reactive Protein Are Related to Severity of Heart Failure in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Table 2
Clinical and selected laboratory results in all patients and with division into groups depending on NYHA class.
| | | All DCM
(D)
| NYHA I-II
(A)
| NYHA III-IV
(B)
| A versus B |
| NYHA functional class
I/II/III/IV (%) | 3/63/34/9
(2.7/57.8/31.2/8.3) | 3/63
(4.5/95.5) | 34/9
(79/21) | | | Sex M/F (%) | 91/16 (83.5/16.5) | 53/13 | 40/3 | NS | | Age Y (±SD) | | | | NS | | BMI (±SD) | | | | NS | | Duration of illness | | | | NS | | Hypertension (%) | 29 (26.6) | 18 | 11 | NS | | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 12 (11.0) | 6 | 6 | NS | | NT-proBNP [pg/mL] | 820.5
346.5–1837 |
582.5
209.5–1883 | 2045
1045–3000 | | | Hemoglobin [g/L] | | | | NS | | Creatinine clearance [mL/min] | | | | NS |
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NYHA: New York Heart Association functional class; BMI: body mass index; NT-proBNP: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide.
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