Heart Failure Status among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Hospital-Based Study
Table 1
Heart failure and its severity association with demographic, and past medical and drug histories of ischemic stroke patients.
No Heart Failure (EF ≥ 50%)
Heart Failure (EF < 50%)
-value
Heart Failure severity
-value
HFmrEF
HFrEF
Age, years; mean (SD)
65.26 (13.18)
69.79 (12.25)
0.01
72.44 (14.58)
67.91 (10.02)
0.02
Gender; N (%)
Male
110 (68.3%)
51 (31.7%)
0.44
19 (11.8%)
32 (19.9%)
0.43
Female
70 (72.9%)
26 (27.1%)
13 (13.5%)
13 (13.5%)
Hyperlipidemia; N (%)
Yes
26 (59.1%)
18 (40.9%)
0.08
8 (18.2%)
10 (22.7%)
0.21
No
154 (72.3%)
59 (27.7%)
24 (11.3%)
35 (16.4%)
Hypertension; N (%)
Yes
116 (65.2%)
62 (34.8%)
0.01
27 (15.2%)
35 (19.7%)
0.03
No
64 (81.0%)
15 (19.0%)
5 (6.3%)
10 (12.7%)
Diabetes mellitus; N (%)
Yes
68 (67.3%)
33 (32.7%)
0.45
17 (16.8%)
16 (15.8%)
0.22
No
112 (71.8%)
44 (28.2%)
15 (9.6.%)
29 (18.6%)
Past MI history; N (%)
Yes
49 (51.6%)
46 (48.4%)
<0.01
18 (18.9%)
28 (29.5%)
<0.01
No
131 (80.9%)
31 (19.1%)
14 (8.6%)
17 (10.5%)
Past CVA history; N (%)
Yes
37 (66.1%)
19 (33.9%)
0.46
8 (14.3%)
11 (19.6%)
0.76
No
143 (71.1%)
58 (28.9%)
24 (11.9%)
34 (16.9%)
Arrhythmia; N (%)
Yes
16 (51.6%)
15 (48.4%)
0.02
4 (12.9%)
11 (35.5%)
0.02
No
164 (72.6%)
62 (27.4%)
28 (12.4%)
34 (15.0%)
Anticoagulant consumption; N (%)
Yes
8 (72.7%)
3 (27.3%)
0.84
1 (9.1%)
2 (18.2%)
0.95
No
172 (69.9%)
74 (30.1%)
31 (12.6%)
43 (17.5%)
Hospitalization duration, days; mean (SD)
5.84 (4.28)
6.45 (4.14)
0.29
6.93 (4.20)
6.11 (4.12)
0.39
Hospitalization duration
<1 week
133 (72.7%)
50 (27.3%)
0.15
17 (9.3%)
33 (18.0%)
0.054
≥1 week
47 (63.5%)
27 (36.5%)
15 (20.3%)
12 (16.2%)
Outcome
Alive
168 (70.9%)
69 (29.1%)
0.31
27 (11.4%)
42 (17.7%)
0.21
Expired
12 (60.0%)
8 (40.0%)
5 (25.0%)
3 (15.0%)
by the Mann–Whitney U test, by the Kruskal–Wallis test, by the independent-sample t-test, by the one-way ANOVA test. EF: ejection fraction; CI: confidence interval; N: number; SD: standard deviation; MI: myocardial infarction; CVA: cerebrovascular accident.
