Table 1.
Clinical parameters, laboratory data and cardiac medication in different NYHA functional classes.
Figure 1.
Heart failure related biomarker in different NYHA functional classes.
FS: follistatin, MS: myostatin, BNP-32: Brain natriuretic peptide 32, CRP: high sensitivity C reactive protein, OPG: osteoprotegerin, †: p<0.05.
Figure 2.
Hip and lumbar Z-score in different NYHA functional classes.
A significant difference of hip Z-score was observed between NYHA functional class II and III, †: p<0.05.
Table 2.
Factors associated with trochanteric bone mineral density.
Table 3.
Multivariate analyses for impact of the osteoprotegerin and clinical factors for trochanteric bone mineral density.