Table 1 Demographic characteristics for the selected patients, stratified by presence/absence of heart failure from 2001 to 2009 (n = 19140)
Patients with heart failure (n = 4785) | Patients without heart failure (n = 14355) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | N | % | ||
Gender | 1 | ||||
 Male | 2547 | 53.2 | 7641 | 53.2 | |
 Female | 2238 | 46.8 | 6714 | 46.8 | |
 Age (Years) | 1 | ||||
 18-40 | 197 | 4.1 | 591 | 4.1 | |
 41-65 | 1359 | 28.4 | 4077 | 28.4 | |
 66-80 | 2132 | 44.6 | 6396 | 44.5 | |
 81- | 1097 | 22.9 | 3291 | 22.9 | |
Follow-up, year, mean (SD) | <0.001 | ||||
0.94 | 0.12 | 0.996 | 0.06 | ||
Urbanization level | <0.001 | ||||
 1 (most urbanized) | 1230 | 25.7 | 4396 | 30.6 | |
 2 | 1256 | 26.2 | 3532 | 24.6 | |
 3 | 710 | 14.8 | 2164 | 15.1 | |
 4 (least urbanized) | 1589 | 33.2 | 4263 | 29.7 | |
Monthly income | <0.001 | ||||
 0 | 1572 | 32.9 | 4515 | 31.5 | |
 NT$ 1-15840 | 1229 | 25.7 | 2911 | 20.3 | |
 NT$ 15841-25000 | 1695 | 35.4 | 5377 | 37.5 | |
 ≧25001 | 289 | 6.0 | 1552 | 10.8 | |
Geographic region | <0.001 | ||||
 North | 1996 | 41.7 | 6392 | 44.5 | |
 Central | 1224 | 25.6 | 3612 | 25.2 | |
 South | 1191 | 24.9 | 3561 | 24.8 | |
 Eastern | 374 | 7.8 | 790 | 5.5 | |
Hypertension | <0.001 | ||||
 Yes | 4333 | 90.6 | 9606 | 66.9 | |
 No | 452 | 9.4 | 4749 | 33.1 | |
Hyperlipidemia | <0.001 | ||||
 Yes | 2472 | 51.7 | 6007 | 41.8 | |
 No | 2313 | 48.3 | 8348 | 58.2 | |
Diabetes | <0.001 | ||||
 Yes | 2720 | 56.8 | 4952 | 34.5 | |
 No | 2065 | 43.2 | 9403 | 65.5 | |
SLE | 0.94 | ||||
 Yes | 17 | 0.4 | 52 | 0.4 | |
 No | 4768 | 99.6 | 14303 | 99.6 | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 0.51 | ||||
 Yes | 303 | 6.3 | 871 | 6.1 | |
 No | 4482 | 93.7 | 13484 | 93.9 | |
COPD | <0.001 | ||||
Yes | 3265 | 68.2 | 6928 | 48.3 | |
No | 1520 | 31.8 | 7427 | 51.7 | |
Cancers | 0.53 | ||||
Yes | 923 | 19.3 | 2710 | 18.9 | |
No | 3862 | 80.7 | 11645 | 81.1 | |