Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics by heart failure ascertainment, The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 2005–2012
| ARIC participants who may be classified as having heart failure
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| Physician confirmed heart failure (N = 379) |
ARIC-classified heart failurea (N = 11,846) |
Heart failure identified from administrative claimsb (N = 9,347) |
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| Mean (Standard Deviation) | |||
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| Age (years), mean (standard deviation)c | 72 (5.6) | 71 (5.7) N (%) |
71 (5.5) |
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| % Female | 181 (48) | 6,960 (59) | 5,584 (60) |
| % African American | 100 (26) | 2,912 (25) | 2,492 (27) |
| Center | |||
| Forsyth County | 58 (15) | 3,104 (26) | 2,049 (22) |
| Jackson | 93 (24) | 2,532 (21) | 2,219 (24) |
| Minneapolis | 104 (27) | 3,236 (27) | 2,266 (24) |
| Washington County | 124 (33) | 2,974 (25) | 2,813 (30) |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Diabetesd | 82 (22) | 1,386 (12) | 1,161 (12) |
| Hypertensione | 236 (62) | 5,270 (44) | 4,340 (46) |
| Myocardial infarctionf | 67 (18) | 551 (5) | 452 (5) |
| Strokeg | 24 (6) | 331 (3) | 288 (3) |
| Coronary heart diseaseh | 90 (24) | 654 (6) | 536 (6) |
Definite and probable acute decompensated heart failure and chronic stable heart failure ascertained from reviewed abstracted medical records
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare (CMS) fee-for-service inpatient and outpatient claims
Age at start of follow-up (January 1, 2005)
Fasting glucose ≥126, non-fasting glucose ≥200, using medication for diabetes, or self-reported physician diagnosis of diabetes prior to start of follow-up (January 1, 2005)
Systolic blood pressure ≥140, diastolic blood pressure ≥90, or on medication for high blood pressure prior to start of follow-up (January 1, 2005)
Prevalent myocardial infarction ascertained from ARIC surveillance
Prevalent stroke ascertained from ARIC surveillance
Prevalent coronary heart disease ascertained from ARIC surveillance