Research Article
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/m2) | 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 |
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Q1 and Q3 represent the cutoffs for 1st and 3rd quartiles of the interquartile range.
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