Sex- and Race-Related Differences in Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.

ABSTRACT: Sex and race have emerged as important contributors to the phenotypic heterogeneity of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, there remains a need to identify important sex- and race-related differences in characteristics and outcomes using a nationally representative cohort. Data were obtained from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-Nationwide Inpatient Sample files between 2008 and 2012. Hospitalizations with a diagnosis of HFpEF were included for analysis. Demographics, hospital characteristics, and age-adjusted comorbidity prevalence rates were compared between men and women and whites and blacks. In-hospital mortality was determined and compared for each subgroup. Multivariable regression analyses were used

SUBMITTER: Goyal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5532983 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature