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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2012 Dec 27;6(2):279–286. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.972828

Table 3.

Age- and sex-adjusted risk factors of HFPEF and HFREF

HFPEF (196 events/12,631 examinations) HFREF (261 events/12,631 examinations)
HR 95% CI p value HR 95% CI p value
Demographics
Age, per year 1.12 (1.10–1.14) < 0.001 1.11 (1.09–1.12) < 0.001
Female 0.96 (0.72–1.29) 0.79 0.35 (0.28–0.46) < 0.001
Clinical
Systolic blood pressure 1.17 (1.03–1.34) 0.02 1.30 (1.16–1.46) < 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure 0.92 (0.80–1.05) 0.22 0.97 (0.86–1.10) 0.65
Hypertension 1.87 (1.33–2.64) 0.004 2.45 (1.79–3.34) < 0.001
Heart rate, per 12 bpm 1.23 (1.08–1.40) 0.002 1.25 (1.12–1.39) < 0.001
Prior myocardial infarction 1.33 (0.72–2.48) 0.36 5.23 (3.87–7.07) < 0.001
Prior coronary heart disease 2.00 (1.42–2.80) < 0.001 3.36 (2.58–4.37) < 0.001
Cerebrovascular disease 1.25 (0.69–2.25) 0.46 2.74 (1.89–3.98) < 0.001
Diabetes mellitus 3.31 (2.38–4.61) < 0.001 3.87 (2.96–5.07) < 0.001
Body-mass index, per 4.7 kg/m2 1.44 (1.26–1.64) < 0.001 1.26 (1.11–1.43) < 0.001
Current smoker 1.75 (1.20–2.55) 0.004 1.40 (1.00–1.96) 0.05
Valvular disease 4.08 (2.56–6.52) < 0.001 2.46 (1.50–4.04) < 0.001
HDL cholesterol, per 16 mg/dl 0.73 (0.62–0.86) < 0.001 0.67 (0.57–0.78) < 0.001
Total cholesterol, per 40 mg/dl 0.92 (0.79–1.07) 0.30 0.96 (0.84–1.09) 0.50
ECG criteria
Atrial fibrillation 2.76 (1.75–4.34) < 0.001 2.04 (1.35–3.09) < 0.001
Left ventricular hypertrophy 1.84 (1.27–2.66) 0.001 3.04 (2.30–4.02) < 0.001
Left bundle branch block 2.15 (0.80–5.80) 0.13 4.03 (2.14–7.60) < 0.001
Right bundle branch block 2.01 (1.24–3.25) 0.005 1.01 (0.60–1.71) 0.97

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HFPEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFREF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HR, hazard ratio;