Table 4.

Characteristics of incident heart failure events from medical and death records¹

	Type of Event	Age	EF2	Co-morbid conditions at presentation2
1	Death	21–25		Autopsy – DCM, LVH (630 gm), no CHD
2	Death	21–25		Autopsy – DCM, LVH (530 gm), no CHD
3	Death	36–40		ESRD
4	Death	36–40		Autopsy – mild CHD, DCM, LVH (430 gm)
5	Hosp./death	31–35	16%	HTN, CKD, alcohol, Autopsy – DCM, mod CHD, LVH (825 gm)
6	Hospitalization	31–35	15%	HTN, anemia, family hx
7	Hospitalization	36–40	15%	HTN, CKD, DM
8	Hospitalization	41–45	15%	HTN
9	Hospitalization	31–35	24%	CKD, OSA, cath – no CHD
10	Hospitalization	36–40	25%	Atrial fibrillation
11	Hospitalization	41–45	25%	DM, cath – no CHD
12	Hospitalization	46–50	25%	HTN, ESRD, DM, cath – mild CHD
13	Hospitalization	41–45	30%	HTN, CKD, A. Fib, alcohol
14	Hospitalization	46–50	30%	HTN, OSA, anemia
15	Hospitalization	31–35	30%	Postpartum, Family hx
16	Hospitalization	46–50	39%	HTN, CKD, alcoholism
17	Hospitalization	41–45	40%	HTN
18	Hospitalization	46–50	40%	HTN, family hx, new DM, cath- no CHD
19	Hospitalization	41–45	48%	HTN, A. fib
20	Hospitalization	36–40	>50%	HTN
21	Hospitalization	41–45	>50%	HTN, CKD, cocaine
22	Hospitalization	41–45	>50%	Echo – MS, cath – no CHD
23	Hospitalization	46–50	>50%	HTN, DM
24	Hospitalization	36–40	NR	HTN, ESRD, DM
25	Hospitalization	36–40	NR	ESRD, sickle cell disease
26	Hospitalization	41–45	NR	HTN, peripartum
27	Hospitalization	41–45	NR	HTN, OSA

¹To protect the anonymity of participants, age is presented in 5-year ranges and race and sex have been omitted.

²Codes: EF = ejection fraction; HTN = hypertension; CKD= chronic kidney disease; A. fib = atrial fibrillation; OSA = obstructive sleep apnea; DM = diabetes; DCM = dilated cardiomyopathy; LVH = left ventricular hypertrophy; ESRD = end stage renal disease; CHD = coronary heart disease; Hx = history; NR = not recorded