Table 4.

Number of patients classified as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction according to different criteria

Adjudicated diagnosis	Criteria
	Zile 2001		ESC 2007		ESC 2016
	HF‐PEF (Group III)	No HF‐PEF (Group I, II, IV, or V)	HF‐PEF (Group III)	No HF‐PEF (Group I, II, IV, or V)	HF‐PEF (Group III)	No HF‐PEF (Group I, II, IV, or V)
HF‐PEF	79	91	74	96	88	82
No HF‐PEF	30	365	25	370	43	352
LR+	6.1		6.9		4.8
LR−	0.58		0.60		0.42
Sensitivity	46.5% (39.0–54.0)		43.5% (36.0–51.3)		51.8% (44.0–59.5)
Specificity	92.4% (89.8–95.0)		93.7% (91.3–96.1)		89.1% (85.6–92.0)

ESC, European Society of Cardiology; HF‐PEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HF‐REF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; LR, likelihood ratio.