Racial Differences and Temporal Obesity Trends in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Obesity increases with age, is disproportionately prevalent in black populations, and is associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). An "obesity paradox," or improved survival with obesity, has been reported in patients with HFpEF. The aim of this study was to examine whether racial differences exist in the temporal trends and outcomes associated with obesity among older patients with HFpEF.

Design

Community surveillance of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) hospitalizations, sampled by stratified design from 2005 to 2014.

Setting

Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (NC, MS, MD, MN).

Participants

A total of 10,147 weighted hospitalizations for ADHF (64% female, 74% white, mean age 77 years), with eje

SUBMITTER: Caughey MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8286810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature