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Table 2 Comparison of the clinical data of all patients during the decompensated and compensated states

From: The central arterial stiffness parameters in decompensated versus compensated states of heart failure: a paired comparative cohort study

Clinical data

Decompensated state

Compensated state

P value

HR (b/min)

91.7 ± 13.4

75.3 ± 6.9

< 0.001

pSBP (mmHg)

114.3 ± 19.6

112.7 ± 12.4

0.158

pDBP (mmHg)

71.6 ± 11.2

70.6 ± 8.0

0.125

pPP (mmHg)

42.7 ± 14.3

42.0 ± 9.9

0.528

cSBP (mmHg)

103 ± 18.4

100.3 ± 12.4

0.011

cDBP (mmHg)

71.8 ± 11.4

69.9 ± 7.9

0.007

cPP (mmHg)

30.7 ± 12.4

30.4 ± 9.0

0.705

AP (mmHg)

12.5 ± 7.8

6.3 ± 4.1

< 0.001

AIx@75 (%)

21.7 ± 10.2

14.1 ± 5.9

< 0.001

RM (%)

59.0 ± 9.3

45.5 ± 9.2

< 0.001

PWV (m/sec)

8.9 ± 1.3

8.0 ± 1.3

< 0.001

LVEDD (cm)

6.8 ± 0.4

6.7 ± 0.4

0.367

LVESD (cm)

5.2 ± 0.5

5.2 ± 0.6

0.052

EF (%)

27.6 ± 3.5

28.0 ± 3.7

0.005

LA diameter (cm)

5.0 ± 0.4

4.9 ± 0.4

0.01

Mitral annular E/e'

18.9 ± 4.1

15.7 ± 3.0

< 0.001

EPASP (mmHg)

46.3 ± 9.1

44.8 ± 7.9

0.001

Hb (g/dl)

12.2 ± 2.2

12.4 ± 1.9

0.007

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.9 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.1

< 0.001

Na (mEq/L)

129.4 ± 5.5

130.8 ± 5.1

0.002

K (mEq/L)

4.3 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 0.6

0.581

  1. Significant P value (<0.05) is presented in bold
  2. Data are presented as mean ± SD
  3. AIx@75, augmentation index corrected to heart rate of 75 beats per minute; AP, augmentation pressure; cDBP, central diastolic blood pressure; cPP, central pulse pressure; cSBP, central systolic blood pressure; EF, ejection fraction; EPASP, estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure; Hb, haemoglobin; HR, heart rate; LA, left atrium; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; pDBP, peripheral diastolic blood pressure; pPP, peripheral pulse pressure; pSBP, peripheral systolic blood pressure; PWV, pulse wave velocity; RM, reflection magnitude; RV, right ventricle; RWMAs, regional wall motion abnormalities