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Heart 94:e10 doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.099523
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Management of patients with heart failure in clinical practice: differences between men and women

Table 6 Unadjusted and adjusted ORs for outcome (mortality and readmission) among women compared with men
Men/Women (%) Gender differences
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) OR adjusted for age (95% CI) Adjusted OR, patients with LVSD only, n = 3584 (95% CI)† Adjusted OR, patients with PLVF only, n = 2396 (95% CI)†
12-week mortality 12.7/15.2 1.24 (1.10 to 1.39) 0.97 (0.86 to 1.10) 1.10 (0.88 to 1.38) 1.23 (0.93 to 1.64)
Readmissions during 12-week follow-up period 20.3/18.9 0.92 (0.83 to 1.02) 0.92 (0.82 to 1.02) 1.03 (0.86 to 1.23) 0.86 (0.70 to 1.05)
  • *OR >1 correlates with a higher prevalence in women.

  • †Adjusted for age, hypertension, diabetes, stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), renal failure, respiratory disease, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, and atrial fibrillation.

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