Table 3. Characteristics of Patients With and Without Incident Heart Failure by Sex (All Observation Years Combined).
| Characteristic | Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident CHF | No Incident CHF | P Value | Incident CHF | No Incident CHF | P Value | |
| n | 2018 | 189 378 | … | 1983 | 166 568 | … |
| Age, years, mean±SD | 65.2 ± 15.3 | 38.0 ± 14.1 | <0.0001 | 62.6 ± 13.3 | 37.7 ± 13.7 | <0.0001 |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | ||||||
| Hypertension | 1623 (80.4) | 23 627 (12.5) | <0.0001 | 1513 (76.3) | 18 043 (10.8) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 616 (30.5) | 5458 (2.9) | <0.0001 | 629 (31.7) | 5641 (3.4) | <0.0001 |
| Coronary artery disease | 362 (17.9) | 869 (0.5) | <0.0001 | 540 (27.2) | 1939 (1.2) | <0.0001 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 163 (8.1) | 251 (0.1) | <0.0001 | 192 (9.7) | 395 (0.2) | <0.0001 |
| Valvular heart disease | 184 (9.1) | 930 (0.5) | <0.0001 | 169 (8.5) | 393 (0.2) | <0.0001 |
| No. of comorbidities, n (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
| 0 | 349 (17.3) | 163 593 (86.4) | 397 (20.0) | 145 800 (87.5) | ||
| 1 | 737 (36.5) | 21 609 (11.4) | 592 (29.9) | 15 998 (9.6) | ||
| 2 | 649 (32.2) | 3939 (2.1) | 615 (31.0) | 4307 (2.6) | ||
| 3 | 223 (11.1) | 230 (0.1) | 302 (15.2) | 446 (0.3) | ||
| 4 | 56 (2.8) | 7 (0.0) | 70 (3.5) | 17 (0.0) | ||
| 5 | 4 (0.2) | 0 | 7 (0.4) | 0 | ||
| No. in each age group, n (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
| 18–54 years | 512 (25.4) | 165 633 (87.5) | 544 (27.4) | 146 585 (88.0) | ||
| 55–64 years | 376 (18.6) | 13 581 (7.2) | 493 (24.9) | 12 294 (7.4) | ||
| 65–74 years | 530 (26.3) | 7182 (3.8) | 571 (28.8) | 6079 (3.7) | ||
| ≥75 years | 600 (29.7) | 2982 (1.6) | 375 (18.9) | 1610 (1.0) | ||