Characteristics of patients in whom LVEF was not reported by age, sex and admission ward
| Variable | Missing data* | Overall | Women <75 years | Men <75 years | Women ≥75 years | Men ≥75 years | Cardiology | General medicine | Other |
| Numbers of patients | 1523 | 165 (11%) | 233 (15%) | 638 (42%) | 487 (32%) | 342 (22%) | 987 (65%) | 194 (13%) | |
| Women | NA | 800 (53%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 157 (46%) | 531 (54%) | 116 (60%) |
| Age (years) | NA | 82 (74–88) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 79 (70–86) | 83 (76–89) | 84 (77–89) |
| Women ≥75 years | 638 (42%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 109 (32%) | 435 (44%) | 94 (48%) | |
| Men ≥75 years | 487 (32%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 103 (30%) | 330 (33%) | 54 (28%) | |
| Admission ward | |||||||||
| Cardiology | NA | 342 (22%) | 48 (29%) | 82 (35%) | 109 (17%) | 103 (21%) | NA | NA | NA |
| General medicine | 987 (65%) | 95 (58%) | 127 (55%) | 435 (68%) | 330 (68%) | NA | NA | NA | |
| Other | 194 (13%) | 22 (13%) | 24 (10%) | 94 (15%) | 54 (11%) | NA | NA | NA | |
| Tests done | |||||||||
| Sinus rhythm on ECG | 253 (17%) | 464 (30%) | 69 (42%) | 86 (37%) | 197 (31%) | 112 (23%) | 109 (32%) | 296 (30%) | 59 (51%) |
| Atrial fibrillation on ECG | 582 (38%) | 48 (29%) | 66 (28%) | 260 (41%) | 208 (43%) | 132 (39%) | 371 (38%) | 79 (41%) | |
| Diagnosis confirmed | 331 (21%) | 1127 (74%) | 104 (63%) | 175 (75%) | 473 (74%) | 375 (77%) | 243 (71%) | 751 (76%) | 133 (69%) |
| Diagnosis refuted | 173 (11%) | 30 (18%) | 23 (10%) | 75 (12%) | 45 (9%) | 50 (15%) | 103 (10%) | 20 (10%) | |
| Aetiology | |||||||||
| IHD | 179 (12%) | 620 (41%) | 55 (33%) | 95 (41%) | 234 (37%) | 236 (48%) | 155 (45%) | 387 (39%) | 78 (40%) |
| Prior MI | 206 (14%) | 335 (22%) | 29 (18%) | 58 (25%) | 120 (19%) | 128 (26%) | 95 (28%) | 199 (20%) | 41 (21%) |
| Valve disease | 328 (22%) | 175 (11%) | 21 (13%) | 25 (11%) | 75 (12%) | 54 (11%) | 50 (15%) | 108 (11%) | 17 (9%) |
| Hypertension | 207 (14%) | 706 (46%) | 86 (52%) | 106 (45%) | 309 (48%) | 205 (42%) | 156 (46%) | 456 (46%) | 94 (48%) |
| Diabetes | 129 (8%) | 377 (24%) | 62 (38%) | 87 (37%) | 116 (18%) | 112 (23%) | 94 (27%) | 240 (24%) | 43 (22%) |
| Symptoms | |||||||||
| Breathless at rest or minor activity | 216 (14%) | 438 (29%) | 52 (32%) | 66 (28%) | 180 (28%) | 140 (29%) | 110 (32%) | 273 (28%) | 55 (28%) |
| Breathless markedly limiting activity | 549 (36%) | 57 (35%) | 87 (37%) | 211 (33%) | 194 (40%) | 117 (34%) | 372 (38%) | 60 (31%) | |
| Moderate or severe oedema | 264 (17%) | 672 (44%) | 73 (44%) | 110 (47%) | 276 (43%) | 213 (44%) | 167 (49%) | 419 (42%) | 87 (45%) |
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.