Table 5.

Hazard rate ratios of incident heart failure hospitalization by self-reported Gothenburg score among 15 430 ARIC Study participants, 1987–2004

Gothenburg score criteria	N events	Person-years	HRR (95% CI)a
None	385	94 191	1
One criterion
Cardiac	270	40 629	1.59 (1.36, 1.86)
Pulmonary	172	27 875	1.46 (1.22, 1.75)
Therapy	131	13 330	2.06 (1.68, 2.51)
Two criteria
Cardiac and pulmonary	274	25 419	2.63 (2.25, 3.07)
Cardiac and therapy	195	13 843	3.06 (2.57, 3.65)
Pulmonary and therapy	62	3951	3.47 (2.65, 4.54)
Three criteria
Cardiac, pulmonary, and therapy	179	7914	5.16 (4.32, 6.18)

CI, confidence interval; HF, heart failure; HRR, hazard rate ratio.

^aAdjusted for age, sex, and race.