Impact of Incident Heart Failure on Body Composition Over Time in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevalence of heart failure (HF) increases significantly with age, coinciding with age-related changes in body composition that are common and consequential. Still, body composition is rarely factored in routine HF care.

Methods and results

The Health, Aging, and Body Composition study is a prospective cohort study of nondisabled adults. Using yearly dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, body composition was assessed in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study over 6 years, comparing those who developed incident HF versus those who did not. Among 2815 Health, Aging, and Body Composition participants (48.5% men; 59.6% whites; mean age, 73.6±2.9 years), 111 developed incident HF over the 6-year study period. At entry into the Health, Aging, and Body Composition stu

SUBMITTER: Forman DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5658007 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature