Assessing myocardial indices and inflammatory factors to determine anxiety and depression severity in patients with chronic heart failure

Table 2 Comparison of Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and Self-Rating Depression Scale scores among different New York Heart Association classes

Observation indices	I (n = 29)	II (n = 69)	III (n = 116)	IV (n = 19)	P value
SAS (mean ± SD)	51.17 ± 16.54	53.84 ± 17.87	59.82 ± 15.51	65.58 ± 16.76	0.003
SDS (mean ± SD)	53.52 ± 16.85	56.72 ± 17.60	62.46 ± 14.75	68.89 ± 12.40	0.001

SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale.