Risk Factors for Heart Failure in the Community: Differences by Age and Ejection Fraction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Differences in comorbid conditions in patients with heart failure compared with population controls, and whether differences exist by type of heart failure or age, have not been well documented.

Methods

The prevalence of 17 chronic conditions were obtained in 2643 patients with incident heart failure from 2000 to 2013 and controls matched 1:1 on sex and age from Olmsted County, Minnesota. Logistic regression determined associations of each condition with heart failure.

Results

Among 2643 matched pairs (mean age 76.2 years, 45.6% men), the comorbidities with the largest attributable risk of heart failure were arrhythmia (48.7%), hypertension (28.4%), and coronary artery disease (33.9%); together these explained 73.0% of heart failure. Similar associations we

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7558500 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature