Table 1.
Characteristics of Respondents by Heart Disease Category (n = 10,626)
| Heart disease category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No CHD (N = 7,363) | CHD, no CHF (N = 2,863) | CHF (N = 400) | P value |
| Age | <0.001 | |||
| 65–74 | 4,275 (57.7) | 1,271 (43.6) | 147 (36.8) | |
| 75–84 | 2,407 (33.7) | 1,156 (42.1) | 177 (45.3) | |
| ≥85 | 681 (8.6) | 436 (14.3) | 76 (18.0) | |
| Age: mean ± SD | 74.0 ± 0.1 | 76.4 ± 0.16 | 77.6 ± 0.43 | <0.001 |
| Gender | <0.001 | |||
| Men | 2,970 (39.6) | 1,443 (49.5) | 172 (42.2) | |
| Women | 4,393 (60.4) | 1,420 (50.5) | 228 (57.8) | |
| Race | 0.9 | |||
| White | 6,185 (88.3) | 2,423 (88.8) | 347 (88.5) | |
| Black | 989 (8.8) | 373 (8.4) | 45 (8.3) | |
| Other | 236 (3.0) | 85 (2.8) | 10 (2.6) | |
| Education (year) | <0.001 | |||
| <12 | 2,368 (29.6) | 1,058 (35.6) | 186 (46.6) | |
| 12 | 2,501 (35.0) | 918 (32.5) | 117 (29.0) | |
| ≥13 | 2,494 (35.4) | 887 (31.9) | 97 (24.4) | |
| Living arrangement | 0.01 | |||
| Married | 4,341 (56.4) | 1,658 (55.2) | 202 (47.5) | |
| Unmarried living with other | 907 (12.2) | 369 (13.9) | 66 (16.1) | |
| Unmarried living alone | 2,115 (31.3) | 836 (31.7) | 132 (36.4) | |
| Net worth | <0.001 | |||
| ≤49,200 | 1,615 (20.4) | 758 (25.4) | 108 (26.7) | |
| 49,201–151,000 | 1,823 (24.4) | 728 (25.2) | 137 (33.3) | |
| 151,001–370,000 | 1,893 (26.9) | 724 (26.1) | 86 (21.7) | |
| ≥370,001 | 2,003 (28.4) | 642 (23.4) | 69 (18.4) | |
| Medical conditions | ||||
| Hypertension | 3,711 (59.6) | 1,829 (63.0) | 293 (73.0) | <0.001 |
| Lung disease | 597 (8.0) | 385 (13.9) | 130 (31.8) | <0.001 |
| Stroke | 476 (6.3) | 391 (13.2) | 89 (22.7) | <0.001 |
| Cancer | 1,034 (14.4) | 495 (17.3) | 75 (19.1) | <0.001 |
| Psychiatric problem | 780 (10.5) | 466 (15.2) | 106 (28.3) | <0.001 |
| Arthritis | 610 (8.4) | 281 (10.0) | 66 (17.0) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 1,051 (13.5) | 622 (20.8) | 141 (33.3) | <0.001 |
| Geriatric conditions | ||||
| Urinary incontinence | 1,363 (18.7) | 652 (23.3) | 145 (36.1) | <0.001 |
| Injury by fall | 4,449 (60.2) | 2,018 (70.3) | 321 (78.3) | <0.001 |
| Dementia | 413 (5.0) | 227 (7.1) | 72 (17.3) | <0.001 |
Percentages (in parentheses) are weighted using the HRS respondent population weights to adjust for the complex sampling design of the HRS. Percentages are column percents, for example 36.8% of people with CHF are aged 65–74, but may not add to 100% because of rounding.