Table 2.

Self reported conditions in the questionnaire

	Control group (%)	Non-HF heart disease (%)	GP-HF (%)	Hospital-HF (%)
Questions asked in three general practices	(n=469)	(n= 193)	(n=60)	(n=30)
Breathless by 2 in 4 questions	19	49	48	87
Breathless walking at own pace	9.0	25	27	43
Any heart disease	2.1	51	47	80
Questions asked in two general practices	(n=347)	(n=156)	(n=37)	(n=19)
MI	0.3	12	14	47
Fluid in the lungs	0.3	2.6	38	84
Peripheral fluid retention	13	18	46	63
Hypertension	18	50	54	21
Diabetes	2.9	13	8	16
Asthma or bronchitis	14	18	32	32

Numbers are smaller in the last six questions because these had been asked in only two of the three general practices.