Baseline patient characteristics
heart failure, MAGGIC
CHRONIC HEART FAILURE, HEART FAILURE
Baseline patient characteristics will be presented, both overall and separately for the two randomized groups, and will include age, sex, marital status, education level, employment status, smoking status, alcohol intake, average daily step count, distance walked during the 6MWT, blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference, NYHA class, ejection fraction, N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), creatinine, heart failure history and etiology, comorbidities, current medication, and Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic heart failure (MAGGIC) risk score [To assess whether attrition has introduced selection bias or upset the balance achieved at randomization, baseline characteristics will also be presented for the analysis population included in the primary analysis of the primary outcome.Categorical data will be summarized by numbers and percentages. Continuous data will be summarized by mean and SD if data are normal and by median, interquartile range, and 5th and 95th percentiles if data are skewed. Tests of statistical significance will not be undertaken for baseline characteristics.