Table 1 Baseline characteristics of hospitalized heart failure patients with and without depression

<.001

 Men

104 (52.0%)

96 (31.3%)

 Women

52 (48.0%)

114 (68.7%)

.069

 Urban area

108 (46.2%)

48 (36.4%)

 Rural area

126 (53.8%)

84 (63.6%)

<.001

 II

144 (92.3%)

122 (58.1%)

 III

8 (5.1%)

68 (32.4%)

 IV

4 (2.6%)

20 (9.5%)

Coronary artery disease

138 (88.5%)

164 (78.1%)

.010

Hypertension

90 (57.7%)

116 (55.2%)

.640

Atrial fibrillation

26 (16.7%)

48 (22.9%)

.145

Dilated cardiomyopathy

8 (5.1%)

18 (8.6%)

.205

Diabetes mellitus

42 (26.9%)

78 (37.1%)

.039

Age (years)

62.55 ± 9.56

62.58 ± 11.61

.723

BMI (kg/m²)

23.82 ± 2.73

23.46 ± 4.33

.404

Waist circumference (cm)

86.18 ± 8.71

84.16 ± 10.29

.017

Monthly family income (yuan)

3869.23 ± 3118.49

3019.05 ± 1782.27

.003

Number of members of the household (person)

4.04 ± 1.27

3.88 ± 1.35

.199

Smoking index

73.97 ± 203.39

100.14 ± 190.25

<.001

RBC counts (×10¹²/L)

4.35 ± 0.49

4.21 ± 0.60

.091

Hemoglobin (g/L)

135.24 ± 16.05

131.00 ± 18.37

.035

Platelet counts (×10⁹/L)

176.54 ± 45.62

190.26 ± 58.96

.018

Plateletcrit (%)

0.18 ± 0.05

0.19 ± 0.05

.021

MPV (fL)

10.33 ± 1.48

10.30 ± 1.31

.954

PDW (fL)

16.45 ± 2.28

16.24 ± 2.05

.127

WBC counts (×10⁹/L)

6.93 ± 5.00

6.54 ± 1.82

.285

NEUT% (%)

30.69 ± 32.60

63.31 ± 12.13

<.001

TC (mmol/L)

3.95 ± 0.88

4.67 ± 1.13

<.001

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.40 ± 0.69

1.76 ± 1.18

.015

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.19 ± 0.28

1.18 ± 0.36

.390

LDL-C (mmol/L)

1.87 ± 0.60

2.26 ± 0.77

<.001

Apolipoprotein A (g/L)

1.14 ± 0.21

1.14 ± 0.27

.748

Apolipoprotein B (g/L)

0.72 ± 0.19

1.22 ± 3.47

<.001

BUN (mmol/L)

5.82 ± 2.51

6.65 ± 3.50

.046

Creatinine (umol/L)

73.98 ± 24.26

85.63 ± 40.81

.001

Cystatin-C (mg/L)

1.09 ± 0.32

1.27 ± 0.54

.001

TBIL (umol/L)

17.12 ± 8.90

18.63 ± 15.39

.913

DBIL (umol/L)

5.94 ± 3.13

6.67 ± 6.94

.410

TP (g/L)

64.04 ± 5.70

63.08 ± 6.15

.134

Albumin (g/L)

38.34 ± 5.47

37.51 ± 4.91

.343

BNP (pg/mL)

364.15 ± 832.65

601.65 ± 986.63

<.001

FG (mmol/L)

6.63 ± 1.54

7.66 ± 2.78

.148

LVEF (%)

39.29 ± 3.25

35.59 ± 6.94

<.001

HAM-D₂₄ score

4.32 ± 1.67

17.58 ± 8.36

<.001