Research Article

Diagnostic Utility of ANG in Coronary Heart Disease Complicating Chronic Heart Failure: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

ANG levels in the CHF group.

ANG (ng/mL)nMedianInterquartile range

Gender
 Female44344.6273.5402.2
 Male159341.5274.3451.3
History of myocardial infarction
 Yes69341.5273.9432.3
 No134344.5273.3435.6
History of hypertension
 Yes129354.9289.8452.0
 No74325.0260.2404.3
History of dyslipidemia
 Yes18335.9284.1413.7
 No185342.8273.7434.7
History of diabetes
 Yes71355.6298.0444.7
 No132333.8265.7422.4
NYHA classification
 I46311.4248.8421.3
 II95324.8273.5381.3
 III-VI62420.5333.6527.0
LVEF
 ≥0.5129322.8262.7417.2
 0.41–0.4940342.5277.3432.6
 ≤0.434393.6351.1464.9

compared with NYHA I or II.
compared with LVEF ≥ 0.5 or 0.41–0.49.
CHF: chronic heart failure; NYHA: New York Heart Association; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction.