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Table 1 Demographic parameters, mean ejection fraction, and Tei index of patients and matched controls

From: Relationship between clinically assessed heart failure severity and the Tei index in Nigerian patients

Variables

Patients (n = 75) n (%)

Controls (n = 60) n (%)

p value

Age (years)

   

18–44

9 (12.0)

6 (10)

0.62

45–64

25 (33.6)

21 (34.6)

 

≥65

41 (54.4)

33 (55.4)

 

Gender

   

Male

42 (56.0)

38 (63.3)

0.55

Female

33 (44.0)

22 (36.7)

 

Age (years) 1

56 ± 18.33

57 ± 18.46

0.0753

Ejection fraction 1

50.47 ± 19.01

68.37 ± 7.79

0.001

Tei index 1

0.88 ± 32

0.36 ± 0.07

<0.001

  1. 1Mean ± standard deviation.