Characteristics of patients with LVEF ≥40% by age, sex and admission ward
| Missing data* | Overall | Women <75 years | Men <75 years | Women ≥75 years | Men ≥75 years | Cardiology | General medicine | Other | |
| Numbers of patients | 1037 | 133 (13%) | 177 (17%) | 454 (44%) | 273 (27%) | 380 (37%) | 533 (51%) | 124 (12%) | |
| Women | NA | 590 (57%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 206 (54%) | 308 (57%) | 76 (60%) |
| Age (years) | NA | 80 (73–86) | 133 (13%) | 177 (17%) | 454 (44%) | 273 (26%) | 78 (70–83) | 81 (74–86) | 83 (77–87) |
| Women ≥75 years | 454 (44%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 143 (38%) | 245 (46%) | 66 (53%) | |
| Men ≥75 years | 273 (26%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 93 (24%) | 149 (28%) | 31 (25%) | |
| Admission ward | |||||||||
| Cardiology | NA | 380 (36%) | 63 (47%) | 81 (46%) | 143 (31%) | 93 (34%) | NA | NA | NA |
| General medicine | 533 (51%) | 60 (45%) | 79 (44%) | 245 (54%) | 149 (54%) | NA | NA | NA | |
| Other | 124 (12%) | 10 (8%) | 17 (10%) | 66 (15%) | 31 (11%) | NA | NA | NA | |
| Tests done | |||||||||
| Sinus rhythm on ECG | 74 (7%) | 394 (38%) | 63 (47%) | 90 (51%) | 159 (35%) | 82 (30%) | 148 (39%) | 198 (37%) | 48 (38%) |
| Atrial fibrillation on ECG | 440 (43%) | 42 (32%) | 58 (33%) | 212 (47%) | 128 (47%) | 157 (41%) | 227 (43%) | 56 (45%) | |
| Diagnosis confirmed | 35 (3%) | 861 (83%) | 110 (83%) | 149 (84%) | 377 (83%) | 225 (82%) | 321 (84%) | 440 (83%) | 100 (81%) |
| Diagnosis refuted | 141 (14%) | 18 (14%) | 21 (12%) | 63 (14%) | 39 (14%) | 47 (12%) | 78 (15%) | 16 (13%) | |
| Aetiology | |||||||||
| IHD | 62 (6%) | 451 (44%) | 48 (36%) | 85 (48%) | 175 (39%) | 143 (53%) | 167 (44%) | 237 (45%) | 47 (38%) |
| Prior MI | 66 (7%) | 247 (24%) | 23 (17%) | 53 (30%) | 96 (21%) | 75 (28%) | 95 (25%) | 130 (24%) | 22 (18%) |
| Valve disease | 72 (7%) | 359 (35%) | 40 (30%) | 51 (29%) | 150 (33%) | 118 (43%) | 150 (39%) | 166 (31%) | 43 (35%) |
| Hypertension | 49 (5%) | 555 (53%) | 72 (54%) | 98 (55%) | 259 (57%) | 126 (46%) | 188 (49%) | 292 (55%) | 75 (60%) |
| Diabetes | 30 (3%) | 278 (27%) | 48 (36%) | 60 (34%) | 104 (23%) | 66 (24%) | 88 (23%) | 156 (29%) | 34 (27%) |
| Symptoms | |||||||||
| Breathless at rest or minor activity | 69 (7%) | 380 (37%) | 49 (32%) | 54 (30%) | 177 (39%) | 100 (36%) | 145 (38%) | 194 (36%) | 41 (33%) |
| Breathless markedly limiting activity | 404 (39%) | 42 (37%) | 71 (40%) | 179 (39%) | 112 (41%) | 132 (35%) | 217 (41%) | 55 (44%) | |
| Moderate or severe oedema | 104 (10%) | 526 (51%) | 64 (48%) | 87 (49%) | 224 (49%) | 151 (55%) | 183 (48%) | 278 (52%) | 65 (52%) |
Data are median and IQR or numbers and percentages of the population for age and sex.
↵* Excluding six patients in whom sex was not recorded (all <75 years), eight in whom age was not recorded (four women, four men) and six in whom admission ward was not recorded).
IHD, ischaemic heart disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; NA, not applicable.