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. 2022 Mar 30;19(3):146–156. doi: 10.1007/s11897-022-00542-5

Table 2.

Prevalence estimates of pre-HF

Study reference Source population Sample size Age (years) Gender (male) Diagnosis ascertained by an expert panel Prevalence of pre-HF
Smeets M et al. 2019 [31••] General population 165,796  ≥ 45 Not reported No 11%
Jorge AL et al. 2016 [40••] General population 633 Mean ± SD: 59.6 ± 10.4 38% No 42.7%
Mureddu GF et al. 2012 [35••]† General population 2,001 65 to 84 51.7% Yes 59.1%
Ghossein-Doha C et al. 2017 [33••] General population 41 Mean ± SD: 40 ± 4 0% No 7%
Shah AM et al. 2017 [37••]† General population 6,118 Median (IQR): 75.3 (71.7–77.5) 42% Yes 29.4%
Xanthakis V et al. 2016 [38••]† General population 6,770

Mean ± SD:

Men: 51 ± 16

Women:51 ± 16

46.0% Yes

Overall: 24.2%

Men: 30.9%

Women: 18.5%

Gupta S et al. 2011 [39••] General population 2,277 Mean ± SD: 47 ± 10 57% No 12.5%
Gaborit FS et al. 2019 [32••]† Patients with hypertension 400 Median (range): 72 (67–78) 51.5% Yes 37.5%
Mureddu GF et al. 2019 [36••] Patients referred for an echocardiogram 3,322 Mean ± SD: 67.1 ± 11.9 54.5% No 52.6%
Breetveld NM et al. 2017 [34••] Pre-eclamptic women 69 Median (IQR): 32 (29–35) 0% No 23.2%

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; US, United States. †The investigators relied on an expert panel to validate the diagnosis of pre−HF