Table 1 Baseline characteristics of older patients with heart failure.
Characteristic | [ALL] | Readmission | Non readmission | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
 | N = 8396 | N = 3978 | N = 4418 |  |
Age | 74.0[68.000, 79.000] | 74.0[68.000, 80.000] | 73.0 [67.0, 78.0] | < 0.001 |
Gender | 0.658 | |||
 Male | 4653 (55.4%) | 2194 (55.2%) | 2459 (55.7%) |  |
 Female | 3743 (44.6%) | 1784 (44.8%) | 1959 (44.3%) |  |
Smoking history | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 5861 (69.8%) | 2319 (58.3%) | 3542 (80.2%) |  |
 Yes | 2535 (30.2%) | 1659 (41.7%) | 876 (19.8%) |  |
Drinking history | 0.017 | |||
 No | 6615 (78.8%) | 3089 (77.7%) | 3526 (79.8%) |  |
 Yes | 1781 (21.2%) | 889 (22.3%) | 892 (20.2%) |  |
Hypertension history | 0.966 | |||
 No | 4218 (50.2%) | 1997 (50.2%) | 2221 (50.3%) |  |
 Yes | 4178 (49.8%) | 1981 (49.8%) | 2197 (49.7%) |  |
Diabetes history | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 6505 (77.5%) | 2914 (73.3%) | 3591 (81.3%) |  |
 Yes | 1891 (22.5%) | 1064 (26.7%) | 827 (18.7%) |  |
COPD | 0.195 | |||
 No | 7287 (86.8%) | 3432 (86.3%) | 3855 (87.3%) |  |
 Yes | 1109 (13.2%) | 546 (13.7%) | 563 (12.7%) |  |
Spirit | < 0.001 | |||
 Normal | 4623 (55.1%) | 2100 (52.8%) | 2523 (57.1%) |  |
 Bad | 3773 (44.9%) | 1878 (47.2%) | 1895 (42.9%) |  |
Appetite | < 0.001 | |||
 Normal | 5372 (64.0%) | 2416 (60.7%) | 2956 (66.9%) |  |
 Bad | 3024 (36.0%) | 1562 (39.3%) | 1462 (33.1%) |  |
Sleep | 0.002 | |||
 Normal | 4447 (53.0%) | 2034 (51.1%) | 2413 (54.6%) |  |
 Bad | 3949 (47.0%) | 1944 (48.9%) | 2005 (45.4%) |  |
Discharge department | 0.006 | |||
 Cardiology | 6065 (72.2%) | 2817 (70.8%) | 3248 (73.5%) |  |
 Others | 2331 (27.8%) | 1161 (29.2%) | 1170 (26.5%) |  |
Medical insurance | 0.297 | |||
 Cash payment | 1025 (12.21%) | 538 (12.18%) | 487 (12.24%) |  |
 Resident | 4845 (57.71%) | 2582 (58.44%) | 2263 (56.89%) |  |
 Employee | 2526 (30.09%) | 1298 (29.38%) | 1228 (30.87%) |  |
Admission way | 0.907 | |||
 Nonemergency | 6778 (80.7%) | 3214 (80.8%) | 3564 (80.7%) |  |
 Emergency | 1618 (19.3%) | 764 (19.2%) | 854 (19.3%) |  |
Education | 0.804 | |||
 Llliteracy | 817 (9.7%) | 394 (9.9%) | 423 (9.6%) |  |
 Primary school | 5377 (64.0%) | 2550 (64.1%) | 2827 (64.0%) |  |
 Middle school | 1743 (20.8%) | 808 (20.3%) | 935 (21.2%) |  |
 High school | 350 (4.2%) | 350 (4.2%) | 350 (4.2%) |  |
 University | 109 (1.3%) | 53 (1.3%) | 56 (1.3%) |  |
Temperature | 36.520 [36.500, 36.600] | 36.527 [36.500, 36.600] | 36.513 [36.500, 36.600] | 0.006 |
Heart rate | 79.000 [72.000, 88.000] | 79.600 [72.000, 88.000] | 78.000 [72.000, 87.000] | 0.002 |
Respiratory rate | 20.200[20.000, 21.000] | 20.267 [20.000, 21.000] | 20.200 [20.000, 21.000] | 0.041 |
LOS | 9.000 [6.000, 12.000] | 9.000 [7.000, 13.000] | 8.000 [6.000, 11.000] | < 0.001 |
K | 3.760 [3.500 4.090] | 3.800 [3.500 4.110] | 3.730 [3.470 4.000] | < 0.001 |
Cl | 105.200 [102.300, 107.875] | 105.000 [102.000, 107.900] | 105.400 [102.600, 107.800] | 0.007 |
Na | 139.033 [136.800, 141.200] | 139.000 [136.500, 141.100] | 139.100 [137.000, 141.200] | 0.046 |
Ca | 1.160 [1.110, 2.200] | 1.150 [1.100, 2.170] | 1.180 [1.110, 2.220] | < 0.001 |
cTnT | 0.026 [0.012, 0.121] | 0.027 [0.012, 0.104] | 0.025 [0.011, 0.142] | 0.386 |
NT-proBNP | 1859.000 [1058.000, 3090.113] | 2169.853 [1525.750, 3364.000] | 1355.100 [857.775, 2738.789] | < 0.001 |
WBC | 6.620 [5.080, 9.000] | 6.590 [5.000, 9.000] | 6.660 [5.170, 8.960] | 0.449 |
HGB | 116.000 [96.000, 130.000] | 106.000 [87.000, 124.000] | 121.000 [108.000, 133.000] | < 0.001 |
PLT | 161.000 [124.000, 205.000] | 160.000 [122.250, 205.000] | 161.933 [126.000, 205.000] | 0.418 |
HCT | 0.378 [0.338, 0.414] | 0.377 [0.332, 0.415] | 0.379 [0.340, 0.414] | 0.112 |
Monocyte | 0.445 [0.350, 0.550] | 0.450 [0.350, 0.550] | 0.440 [0.350, 0.550] | 0.351 |
Lymphocyte | 1.290 [0.930, 1.630] | 1.250 [0.900, 1.605] | 1.312 [0.960, 1.650] | < 0.001 |
MCH | 30.400 [29.300, 31.400] | 30.300 [29.100, 31.400] | 30.467 [29.460, 31.400] | < 0.001 |
MCHC | 323.000 [317.000, 329.000] | 322.000 [316.350, 329.000] | 323.200 [318.000, 329.000] | < 0.001 |
Eosinophil | 0.143 [0.090, 0.220] | 0.140 [0.084, 0.220] | 0.147 [0.090, 0.220] | 0.548 |
Basophil | 0.027 [0.020, 0.032] | 0.027 [0.020, 0.033] | 0.028 [0.020, 0.032] | 0.534 |
Neutrophil | 4.570 [3.480, 6.160] | 4.570 [3.480, 6.238] | 4.570 [3.480, 6.110] | 0.545 |
CRP | 5.830 [1.520, 14.507] | 6.228 [1.683, 15.390] | 5.380 [1.390, 14.090] | < 0.001 |
LDL-C | 2.090 [1.665, 2.530] | 2.070 [1.656, 2.519] | 2.106 [1.680, 2.545] | 0.044 |
HDL-C | 1.170 [0.960, 1.327] | 1.170 [0.960, 1.330] | 1.164 [0.970, 1.320] | 0.751 |
TG | 1.200 [0.940, 1.520] | 1.209 [0.960, 1.548] | 1.190 [0.930, 1.505] | 0.026 |
GGT | 30.000 [18.300, 51.525] | 31.319 [19.100, 53.381] | 28.553 [17.600, 49.400] | < 0.001 |
UA | 361.300 [291.490, 442.225] | 364.940 [292.450, 451.750] | 357.291 [290.495, 433.075] | 0.001 |
Cr | 76.943 [63.000, 98.825] | 78.900 [64.000, 104.000] | 75.055 [62.200, 95.400] | < 0.001 |
eGFR | 77.900 [60.460, 93.800] | 76.008 [56.545, 92.370] | 79.646 [63.742, 95.260] | < 0.001 |
CK-MB | 2.290 [1.450, 3.890] | 2.350 [1.491, 3.900] | 2.240 [1.430, 3.880] | 0.085 |
DBiL | 3.600 [2.400, 5.300] | 3.650 [2.400, 5.400] | 3.600 [2.400, 5.245] | 0.176 |
TBiL | 13.970 [10.300, 18.369] | 13.920 [10.300, 18.700] | 14.000 [10.300, 18.070] | 0.602 |
TT | 17.400 [16.500, 18.213] | 17.400 [16.500, 18.200] | 17.400 [16.402, 18.233] | 0.826 |
FBG | 6.700 [5.270, 8.238] | 6.700 [5.270, 8.300] | 6.700 [5.270, 8.200] | 0.837 |
GLB | 28.700 [26.100, 31.600] | 28.900 [26.200, 31.800] | 28.513 [26.000, 31.405] | 0.001 |
ALB | 37.300 [34.500, 40.000] | 37.000 [34.100, 39.700] | 37.600 [34.700, 40.158] | < 0.001 |
PT | 13.800 [13.000, 14.547] | 13.900 [13.100, 14.700] | 13.700 [13.000, 14.460] | < 0.001 |
FIB | 3.470 [2.980, 4.060] | 3.480 [2.982, 4.100] | 3.461 [2.970, 4.020] | 0.161 |
FT3 | 2.693 [2.420, 2.975] | 2.685 [2.394, 2.970] | 2.700 [2.440, 2.980] | 0.068 |
FT4 | 1.450 [1.190, 3.308] | 1.480 [1.200, 3.329] | 1.430 [1.190, 3.284] | 0.002 |
TSH | 2.162 [1.383, 4.327] | 2.179 [1.376, 4.353] | 2.152 [1.393, 4.292] | 0.486 |
HCY | 16.370 [13.108, 20.000] | 16.700 [13.224, 20.252] | 16.099 [13.000, 19.763] | < 0.001 |
ALT | 19.000 [12.700, 30.000] | 19.096 [12.600, 29.775] | 19.000 [12.700, 30.200] | 0.603 |
ALP | 82.000 [69.700, 98.874] | 82.571 [70.600, 100.890] | 81.700 [69.000, 97.000] | 0.001 |
AOD | 32.467 [31.000, 35.000] | 32.467 [31.000, 35.000] | 32.467 [31.200, 35.000] | 0.670 |
PAD | 22.733 [21.000, 24.000] | 23.000 [21.150, 25.000] | 22.333 [21.000, 23.517] | < 0.001 |
IVS | 10.267 [10.000, 11.000] | 10.267 [10.000, 11.000] | 10.267 [10.000, 11.000] | 0.298 |
LVPW | 9.800 [9.000, 10.000] | 10.000 [9.000, 10.000] | 9.733 [9.000, 10.000] | 0.005 |
LVDD | 47.600 [45.000, 51.000] | 47.600 [45.000, 52.000] | 47.533 [45.067, 51.000] | 0.132 |
RVD | 22.000 [21.000, 23.000] | 22.000 [21.000, 23.000] | 22.000 [21.000, 23.000] | < 0.001 |
LVEF | 58.233 [52.000, 62.000] | 57.000 [51.000, 61.000] | 59.967 [55.000, 64.000] | < 0.001 |
LV enlargement | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 7503 (89.4%) | 3474 (87.3%) | 4029 (91.2%) |  |
 Yes | 893 (10.6%) | 504 (12.7%) | 389 (8.8%) |  |
LA enlargement | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 6177 (73.6%) | 2826 (71.0%) | 3351 (75.8%) |  |
 Yes | 2219 (26.4%) | 1152 (29.0%) | 1067 (24.2%) |  |
RV enlargement | 0.001 | |||
 No | 8051 (95.9%) | 3785 (95.1%) | 4266 (96.6%) |  |
 Yes | 345 (4.1%) | 193 (4.9%) | 152 (3.4%) |  |
RA enlargement | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 7274 (86.6%) | 3376 (84.9%) | 3898 (88.2%) |  |
 Yes | 1122 (13.4%) | 602 (15.1%) | 520 (11.8%) |  |
ARNI | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 1535 (18.3%) | 893 (22.4%) | 642 (14.5%) |  |
 Yes | 6861 (81.7%) | 3085 (77.6%) | 3776 (85.5%) |  |
Diuretic | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 446 (5.3%) | 340 (8.5%) | 106 (2.4%) |  |
 Yes | 7950 (94.7%) | 3638 (91.5%) | 4312 (97.6%) |  |
β-blocker | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 1441 (17.2%) | 756 (19.0%) | 685 (15.5%) |  |
 Yes | 6955 (82.8%) | 3222 (81.0%) | 3733 (84.5%) |  |
NYHA classification | < 0.001 | |||
 I | 521 (6.2%) | 108 (2.7%) | 413 (9.3%) |  |
 II | 3480 (41.4%) | 1197 (30.1%) | 2283 (51.7%) |  |
 III | 3642 (43.4%) | 2222 (55.9%) | 1420 (32.1%) |  |
 IV | 753 (9.0%) | 451 (11.3%) | 302 (6.8%) |  |