Table 3. Prevalence of Heart Failure in the CARLA Study compared with other population-based studies.

		CARLA Study	Rotterdam Study[11]	Olmsted County Study[12]
		(Germany)	(The Netherlands)	(USA)
45–54 years		3.0		0.7%
55–64 years		6.0	0.7%	1.3%
65–74 years		10.4	2.7%	1.5%
75–84 years		22.0	13%	8.4%