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Table 3 Characteristics of incident HF patients from 2014 to 2018 by calendar year

From: A nationwide registry study on heart failure in Norway from 2008 to 2018: variations in lookback period affect incidence estimates

 

Total

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

No. of cases

75,022

14,432

14,639

14,805

15,366

15,780

Male gender

 n

40,812

7779

7926

8079

8450

8578

 %

54%

54%

54%

55%

55%

54%

Age

 Mean (SD)

75.8 (14.1)

76.0 (14.1)

75.7 (14.2)

75.8 (14.2)

75.6 (14.2)

75.7 (14.1)

 Median (IQR)

78 (68–86)

79 (68–87)

78 (68–86)

78 (68–87)

78 (68–86)

78 (68–86)

Age groups (%)

 < 75

40%

39%

40%

41%

41%

41%

 ≥ 75

60%

61%

60%

59%

59%

59%

 ≥ 85

32%

32%

32%

32%

31%

30%

ICD-10 codes

 I11.0

3%

3%

3%

4%

3%

3%

 I13.0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

 I13.2

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

 I42.x

9%

9%

9%

9%

10%

10%

 I50.x

90%

90%

90%

89%

89%

90%

  I50.0

13%

13%

13%

13%

13%

14%

  I50.1

19%

17%

19%

20%

20%

21%

  I50.9

57%

60%

58%

57%

56%

55%

Comorbiditiesa

 Cardiovascular

  Atrial fibrillation

48%

47%

47%

48%

48%

49%

  Cerebrovascular event

16%

16%

16%

15%

16%

16%

  Hypertensionb

69%

69%

69%

69%

68%

69%

  Ischemic heart disease

46%

49%

47%

46%

45%

44%

  Myocardial infarction

24%

25%

24%

23%

23%

22%

  Peripheral artery disease

15%

14%

15%

14%

15%

15%

 Other

  COPD

22%

21%

22%

22%

22%

23%

  Anemia

24%

23%

24%

24%

24%

24%

  Cancer

22%

21%

22%

22%

22%

23%

  Chronic kidney disease

23%

22%

22%

23%

24%

24%

  Dementia

6%

6%

6%

6%

5%

5%

  Depression

22%

22%

22%

23%

21%

22%

  Diabetes mellitus

21%

21%

21%

21%

21%

21%

  Dyslipidemia

54%

53%

54%

54%

55%

56%

  Thyroid disease

11%

11%

11%

11%

11%

12%

  1. Incident patients are defined as first HF contact with 6 years of fixed lookback. Data are presented as frequencies (%), median (IQR) or mean (SD)
  2. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
  3. a0–2190 days before index
  4. b180–2160 days before index