Simple Measures of Function and Symptoms in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients Predict Short-Term Cardiac Event-Free Survival

Table 5

Number of symptoms reported at beginning and end of study.

Statistic	Study start^a	Study end^b
𝑁	32	31
Range	1–4	0–4
mean ± SD	3.3±1.0	2.2±1.2
Median	4	2

aStudy start was 1.0 days (median) after admission.
^bStudy end was 1.0 days (median) before discharge.