Table 1 Characteristics of all HF cases and subtypes.

Male sex [n(%)]

15,760 (56.0)

3488 (41.9)

1102 (56.3)

7706 (66.0)

Race/ethnicity [n(%)]

Black

4239 (15.1)

1314 (15.8)

267 (13.6)

1941 (16.6)

Other

1816 (11.5)

394 (4.7)

81 (7.4)

663 (5.7)

White

22,101 (78.5)

6614 (79.5)

1610 (82.2)

9073 (77.7)

Age last ICD9 code (years)

69.1 [59.0, 78.5]

71.1 [60.5, 80.5]

70.2 [59.7, 79.5]

66.6 [56.6, 76.0]

Age of HF assignment

65.0 [54.6, 74.6]

66.7 [56.0, 76.3]

65.3 [54.7, 75.4]

61.9 [51.8, 71.3]

Length of record (years)

5.5 [1.5, 10.8]

6.8 [2.5, 12.4]

7.0 [2.8, 12.5]

5.9 [2.0, 11.2]

BP systolic

121.0 [111.0, 132.0]

125.0 [116.0, 135.1]

122.0 [114.0, 132.6]

117.0 [107.5, 127.0]

BP diastolic

66.0 [60.0, 72.0]

65.8 [60.0, 72.0]

66.0 [60.0, 72.0]

66.0 [60.0, 72.0]

Heart rate

77.0 [70.0, 85.0]

76.0 [69.0, 85.0]

75.0 [68.4, 84.0]

77.8 [70.0, 86.0]

BMI kg/m²

29.3 [25.0, 35.0]

30.7 [25.9, 36.9]

29.1 [24.8, 34.3]

28.2 [24.6, 33.0]

Myocardial infarction [n(%)]

6633 (23.6)

1519 (18.3)

563 (28.8)

3832 (32.8)

Coronary artery disease [n(%)]

19,104 (67.9)

5206 (62.6)

1431 (73.1)

8958 (76.7)

Hypertension [n(%)]

24,563 (87.2)

7600 (91.3)

1792 (91.5)

10,202 (87.4)

Dyslipidemia [n(%)]

22,906 (81.4)

6754 (81.2)

1696 (86.6)

10,064 (86.2)

Type 2 diabetes [n(%)]

6163 (21.9)

1951 (23.4)

500 (25.5)

2653 (22.7)

Atrial fibrillation [n(%)]

12,892 (45.8)

3978 (47.8)

1002 (51.2)

5704 (48.8)

Chronic kidney disease [n(%)]

9121 (32.4)

2945 (35.4)

673 (34.4)

4291 (36.7)

Echocardiography present [n(%)]

21,957 (78.0)

8322 (100.0)

1958 (100.0)

11,677 (100.0)

Lowest EF value

40.0 [20.0, 55.0]

55.0 [55.0, 55.0]

45.0 [42.5, 45.0]

22.0 [15.0, 30.0]

BNP measure present [n(%)]

16,249 (57.7)

5352 (64.3)

1284 (65.6)

7677 (65.7)

BNP lifetime (pg/ml)

366.5 [146.0, 869.0]

275.3 [110.0, 619.5]

320.0 [128.0, 721.0]

483.0 [199.0, 1142.0]