Women Hospitalized for Acute on Chronic Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure Receive Less Furosemide Compared to Men

Table 1

Baseline characteristics between female and male subjects.

Variable	Female (N = 135)			Male (N = 298)			value
	Q1	Median	Q3	Q1	Median	Q3
Age	57	68	79	58	65	77	0.3629
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.6	26.8	32.9	23.6	26.8	32	0.7566
Systolic BP (mmHg)	106	116	130	102	113	127	0.3132
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	56	65	75	59	67	78.5	0.0562
Troponin T (ng/mL)	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.2584
NT-proBNP (pg/mL)	3341	7293	18608	3357	7318	14334	0.6080
EF (%)	20	25	32.5	20	25	33	0.5270
GFR (ml/min)	35	52	70	43	56	75	0.0389
Oxygen requirement		13.3%			17.1%		0.3952

Q1 and Q3 represent the cutoffs for 1^st and 3^rd quartiles of the interquartile range.