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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Assessment of cardio-renal-hepatic function in patients with valvular heart disease: a multi-biomarker approach—the cardio-renal-hepatic score

Variables

China-VHD (n = 6004)

China-DVD (n = 3156)

Age, yrs

62.07 ± 13.80

71.24 ± 7.62

Male sex

3413 (56.8)

1720 (54.5)

BMI, kg/m2

23.56 ± 3.69

23.32 ± 3.43

Current smoker

985 (16.4)

412 (13.1)

Hypertension

2657 (44.3)

1768 (56.0)

Hyperlipidemia

825 (13.7)

261 (8.3)

Diabetes

927 (15.4)

631 (20.0)

Coronary artery disease

2197 (36.6)

1405 (44.5)

 Prior MI

679 (11.3)

376 (11.9)

 Prior PCI

847 (14.1)

377 (11.9)

 Prior CABG

159 (2.6)

77 (2.4)

Cardiomyopathy

621 (10.3)

298 (9.4)

Atrial fibrillation or flutter

1800 (30.0)

1321 (41.9)

Chronic lung disease

427 (7.1)

183 (5.8)

NYHA functional class

 I

1768 (29.4)

648 (20.7)

 II

1364 (22.7)

762 (24.3)

 III

2031 (33.8)

1182 (37.7)

 IV

841 (14.0)

546 (17.4)

NT-proBNP, pg/ml

1447.22 (468.00–3783.28)

1829.00 (630.26–4510.07)

ln(NT-proBNP)

7.14 ± 1.59

7.38 ± 1.52

Hemoglobin, g/L

132.66 ± 20.78

127.03 ± 22.07

Creatinine, μmol/L

82.44 (69.00–100.00)

83.33 (69.00–104.00)

ln(Creatinine)

4.44 ± 0.34

4.46 ± 0.40

Albumin, g/dl

3.94 ± 0.51

3.90 ± 0.62

ALT, U/L

19.00 (13.00–30.68)

19.00 (13.00–30.00)

Total bilirubin, mg/dl

0.86 (0.61–1.25)

0.85 (0.61–1.24)

Direct bilirubin, mg/dl

0.27 (0.18–0.43)

0.26 (0.17–0.39)

MELD-XI score

10.21 (9.44–12.41)

10.45 (9.44–12.96)

LA, mm

45.82 ± 9.71

45.71 ± 9.12

LVEDD, mm

55.09 ± 11.35

55.18 ± 10.84

LVEF, %

56 (42–62)

54.2 (41–62.3)

Pulmonary hypertension

2562 (42.7)

1375 (43.6)

 ≥ moderate isolated AS

328 (5.5)

205 (6.5)

 ≥ moderate isolated AR

780 (13.0)

355 (11.2)

 ≥ moderate isolated MS

320 (5.3)

113 (3.6)

 ≥ moderate isolated MR

1677 (27.9)

960 (30.4)

 ≥ moderate isolated TR

1085 (18.1)

547 (17.3)

 ≥ moderate MVHD

1814 (30.2)

976 (30.9)

Valvular interventions

1922 (32.0)

674 (21.4)

Etiology

 Primary

3148 (54.7)

1712 (59.3)

  Rheumatic

934 (29.7)

339 (19.8)

  Degenerative

1541 (49.0)

1220 (71.3)

  Congenital

479 (15.2)

113 (6.6)

  Others

194 (6.2)

40 (2.3)

 Secondary

2607 (45.3)

1177 (40.7)

  Ischemic

586 (22.5)

387 (32.9)

  Functional

2011 (77.1)

785 (66.7)

  Others

10 (0.4)

5 (0.4)

Medication use

 Diuretics

4741 (79.0)

2396 (75.9)

 Beta-blockers

3585 (59.7)

1950 (61.8)

 ACEI/ARB

2436 (40.6)

1525 (48.3)

 Warfarin

2282 (38.0)

1000 (31.7)

 Aspirin

2203 (36.7)

1409 (45.7)

 P2Y12 inhibitors

1522 (25.3)

872 (28.3)

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or number (%). Baseline characteristics are shown before imputation of missing data
  2. VHD valvular heart disease, China-DVD China Elderly Valve Disease, BMI body mass index, MI myocardial infarction, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, NYHA New York Heart Association, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, ALT alanine aminotransferase, MELD-XI Model for End-stage Liver Disease excluding international normalized ratio, LA left atrial end-diastolic dimension, LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, AS aortic stenosis, AR aortic regurgitation, MS mitral stenosis, MR mitral regurgitation, TR tricuspid regurgitation, MVHD multiple valvular heart disease, ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker