Key result
Symptomatic chronic heart failure had an overall age-standardized prevalence of 8.3% in an elderly German population, with HFNEF more common in women and HFREF more common in men.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,779)
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Symptomatic heart failure is highly prevalent in the elderly German general population, with HFNEF being more common in women and HFREF more common in men, largely driven by high rates of cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension.
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High HF prevalence in elderly Germans supports awareness efforts; leaves open generalizability and causal implications from this cross-sectional sample.
Tiller et al. (2013) conducted a cross-sectional in Chronic heart failure (n=1,779). Symptomatic chronic heart failure had an overall age-standardized prevalence of 8.3% in an elderly German population, with HFNEF more common in women and HFREF more common in men.
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