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Table 6 Outcomes

From: Demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes among hospitalized heart failure patients across different regions of Egypt

 

Total population

Alexandria

Cairo

Delta

Upper Egypt

P value

Number of patients

1645

914

249

409

73

 

Length of hospital Stay median, IQR

5 (4–7)

5 (4–7)

7 (5–9)

6 (4–7)

6 (5–9)

< 0.0001

In-hospital mortality, %

5.00

5.2

7.7

2.9

6.1

0.06

Patients hospitalized at 1-year F/U, %

29.8

32.0

42.2a

22.6

20.0b

< 0.0001

Mortality at 1-year F/U, %

26.6

31.8

34.12a

13.2

60.0b

< 0.0001

  1. IQR interquartile range, F/U follow-up, HF heart failure
  2. aOnly 32.9% of patients were successfully contacted at 1-year follow-up
  3. bOnly 13.7% of the patients were successfully contacted at 1-year follow-up