Table 1:

Characteristics of patients with incident heart failure by clinical site of diagnosis

Characteristic	% of patients^*		p value
Characteristic	Inpatients n = 216 190	Outpatients n = 203 361	p value
Women	51.2	50.3	< 0.001
Age, yr			< 0.001
20–64	18.5	21.4
65–74	23.7	24.3
75–84	35.9	34.9
≥ 85	21.9	19.4
Age, yr, median	77	76	< 0.001
Cardiovascular comorbidities
Atrial fibrillation or flutter	25.8	12.1	< 0.001
Cerebrovascular disease	13.7	9.1	< 0.001
Hypertension	41.8	23.9	< 0.001
Ischemic heart disease	50.4	25.5	< 0.001
Peripheral vascular disease	9.4	4.8	< 0.001
Valvular heart disease	10.2	4.3	< 0.001
Other comorbidities
Metastatic cancer	4.1	1.8	< 0.001
Primary cancer	9.0	5.5	< 0.001
Dementia	7.1	3.3	< 0.001
Diabetes	28.2	13.8	< 0.001
Digestive ulcer disease	3.0	1.8	< 0.001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	24.2	11.6	< 0.001
Rheumatic disease	2.4	1.5	< 0.001
Charlson–Deyo Comorbidity Index score			< 0.001
0	20.0	55.3
1	27.9	19.2
2	20.6	11.9
≥ 3	31.5	13.6
Charlson–Deyo score, mean	2.1	1.0	< 0.001