Application of self-care based on full-course individualized health education in patients with chronic heart failure and its influencing factors

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between the two groups

Group	Male / female	Age in yr	NYHA class			Hospital stay in d	Body mass index as kg/m2	Education background
			II	III	IV			Middle school and under	High school or technical school	Junior college, university and above
Intervention group, n = 50	31/19	68.21 ± 4.69	17	24	9	15.63 ± 3.21	22.78 ± 3.94	38	9	3
Control group, n = 50	29/21	68.57 ± 4.12	18	25	7	15.21 ± 3.05	23.03 ± 4.11	35	10	5
χ2/t value	0.167	0.408	0.299			0.671	0.310	0.457
P value	0.683	0.684	0.861			0.504	0.757	0.499

NYHA: New York Heart Association.