How do comorbidities affect loss of life expectancy in people with heart failure?
Comorbidities are the primary driver of reduced life expectancy in heart failure patients, with women lacking comorbidities showing near-normal survival.
Comorbidity accounts for the majority of lost life expectancy in people with heart failure. Women, but not men, without comorbidity experience survival close to reference controls.
Drozd et al. (Thu,) studied this question.