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. 2022 Aug 4;8:e27. doi: 10.15420/cfr.2022.06

Table 1: Proportion of HFpEF (out of Total Heart Failure Cases) in Community-based Studies and Registries.

Study Year Published Years Conducted Population Source HFpEF Definition Proportion of HFpEF (%)
Devereux et al.[16] 2000 1993–1995 Participants of Strong Heart Study LVEF ≥55% 53 (50/95)
Philbin et al.[17] 2000 1995 and 1997 Hospitalised patients for HF in 10 acute care community hospitals in New York, US LVEF >50% 24 (312/1,291)
Gottdiener et al.[18] 2002 1989–1993 Participants of Cardiovascular Health Study LVEF ≥55% 22 (60/269)
MacCarthy et al.[19] 2003 1993–1995 Participants of UK-HEART study LVEF ≥50% 31 (163/522)
Gustafsson et al.[20] 2003 1993–1996 Participants of DIAMOND-CHF WMI >1.6 40 (2,218/5,491)
Redfield et al.[21] 2003 1997–2000 Randomly selected residents of Olmsted County, MN, US LVEF ≥50% 44 (20/45)
Lenzen et al.[22] 2004 2000–2001 Participants of EuroHeart Failure Survey LVEF ≥40% 46 (3,148/6,806)
Owan et al.[23] 2005 1987–2001 Hospitalised patients for decompensated HF at Mayo Clinic Hospitals in Olmsted County, Minnesota, US LVEF ≥50% 47 (2,167/4,596)
Bhatia et al.[24] 2006 1999–2001 Patients with HF admitted to 103 hospitals in Ontario, Canada LVEF >50% 31 (880/2,802)
Yancy et al.[25] 2006 2001–2004 Participants of ADHERE hospitalisation database LVEF ≥40% 50 (26,322/52,187)
Bursi et al.[26] 2006 2003–2005 Residents of Olmsted County, MN, US with incident or prevalent HF LVEF ≥50% 55 (308/556)
Gheorghiade et al.[27] 2007 2003–2004 Participants of OPTIMIZE-HF LVEF ≥40% 51 (21,149/41,276)
Lee et al.[28] 2009 1981–2004 Participants of Framingham Heart Study LVEF >45% 41 (220/534)
Ho et al.[29] 2013 1981–2008 Participants of Framingham Heart Study LVEF >45% 43* (196/457)
Gurwitz et al.[30] 2013 2005–2008 Patients with newly diagnosed HF from four sites from Cardiovascular Research Network LVEF ≥50% 52* (6,210/11,994)
Brouwers et al.[31] 2013 1997–2010 Participants of PREVEND study LVEF ≥50% 34* (125/374)
Cheng et al.[32] 2014 2005–2011 Participants of GWTG-HF registry LVEF ≥50% 47 (18,897/40,239)
Gerber et al.[33] 2015 2000–2010 Residents of Olmsted County, MN, US LVEF ≥50% 53* (1,089/2,074)
Alehagen et al.[34] 2015 2000–2012 Participants of Swedish Heart Failure Registry LVEF ≥50% 19 (9,140/46,959)
Ho et al.[35] 2016 1979–2002 Pooled data of four community-based cohorts (Framingham Heart Study, Cardiovascular Health Study, PREVEND, MESA) LVEF >45% 48* (909/1,891)

*Based on incident rates. HF = heart failure; HFpEF = heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; WMI = wall motion index. Adapted from Dunlay et al. 2017.[81] Used with permission from: Nature Publishing Group.