Elevated Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Is Relevant to Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Table 2

The clinical characteristics of the endpoint event group and non-endpoint event group.

Variables	Endpoint event group ()	Non-endpoint event group ()	value
Gender (male) (, %)	45 (73.77%)	41 (61.19%)	0.066
Age (years)			0.230
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.444
Diabetes mellitus (, %)	18 (29.51%)	12 (17.91%)	0.122
Hypertension (, %)	36 (59.02%)	29 (43.28%)	0.075
BNP (pg/mL)			≤0.001
Creatinine (μmol/L)			0.046
BUN			0.006
LVEDD (mm)			≤0.001
LVEF (%)			≤0.001
FGF21 (pg/mL)			≤0.001

BMI: body mass index; BNP: brain natriuretic peptide; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; FGF21: fibroblast growth factor 21.