Figure 4.

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction according to the four descriptive models, clarified in the Methods section, as predictors of all‐cause mortality/heart failure hospitalization compared with descriptive model 0 (patients without heart failure according to Framingham criteria). Adjustments for gender, age, glomerular filtration rate, log haemoglobin, log sodium, systolic blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cancer, and New York Heart Association class. CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.