Short-term outcomes in heart failure patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the community

Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients with heart failure, comparing those with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for June 2007 to June 2010 (SD)

Baseline features	HF patients with COPD	HF patients without COPD
	(n = 101)	(n = 682)
Age, yr	75.8 (6.9)b	71.3 (4.4)
Gender (M/F, %)	58/42	56/44
LVEF, %	33.6 (10.7)b	38.9 (4.8)
Ischemic cause, %	64.5 (4.8)	68.9 (10.2)
Duration of HF, yr	7.2 (2.3)	5.9 (4.2)
Duration of COPD, yr	6.9 (1.6)	----
NYHA status	2.6 (1.2)	2.4 (1.4)
FEV1/FVC ratio, %	53.6 (7.4)	----
Heart rate	71.4 (12.8)	73.4 (11.8)
Blood pressure, mmHg	125 (17.2)/76 (10.1)	129 (11.4)/81 (9.3)
eGFR	57.4 (12.9)	60.2 (13.5)
BMI	23.8 (5.3)	24.6 (3.9)

HF: Heart failure; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; BMI: Body mass index; FEV: Forced expiratory volume; FVC: Forced vital capacity.

^bP < 0.01 vs patients without COPD.