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Table 2 Comparison of clinical outcomes between heart failure patients with and without COPD

From: Influence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on long-term hospitalization and mortality in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

 

With COPD (n = 68)

Without COPD (n = 50)

P-value

LOS (days)

13.0 (7.3–21.8)

8.0 (5.0–13.3)

0.002*

Time to death (days)

1362.8 ± 686.7

1459.3 ± 629.7

0.437

Time to the first readmission (days)

176 (36–818)

170 (34–733)

0.980

All-cause mortality (n, %)

 In-hospital

2 (2.9%)

0 (0%)

0.507

 30-day

5 (7.4%)

2 (4.0%)

0.697

 90-day

5 (7.4%)

3 (6.0%)

1.000

 1-year

13 (19.1%)

6 (12.0%)

0.299

 5-year

24 (35.3%)

16 (32.0%)

0.709

 CVD mortality (n, %)

11(16.2%)

6 (12%)

0.523

 Respiratory mortality (n, %)

10 (14.7%)

2 (4.0%)

0.057

All-cause readmission (n, %)

 30-day

12 (17.6%)

6 (12.0%)

0.312

 90-day

25 (36.8%)

11 (22.0%)

0.088

 1-year

43 (63.2%)

30 (60.0%)

0.402

 5-year

57 (83.8%)

41 (82.0%)

0.385

  1. Data are expressed as median with interquartile ranges (IQR) or mean ± standard deviation
  2. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, LOS length of hospital stays, CVD cardiovascular disease
  3. *p-value < 0.05 indicates statistical significance