Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Cardiovascular events, mortality, early retirement and costs in >50 000 persons with chronic heart failure in Sweden
Authors' conclusion
CHF has a considerable impact on the risk of cardiovascular events and death, early retirement and economic costs. Inpatient admissions and work absence are major contributors to economic costs.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals aged ≥16 years living in Sweden on 1 January 2012; mean age 69.0 years, 29.7% women53,520 per cohort after matching
- Participants
- 53,520 vs 53,520
- Exposure
- Chronic heart failure (CHF) vs matched controls without CHF
- CHFn = 53,520
- Controlsn = 53,520reference
- Outcome
- Stroke, MI, mortality, early retirement and costs
- Follow-up
- 5 years
Methodological detailspropensity-score matched, nationwide database
- Propensity-score matched
- Nationwide database
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Stroke, MI, all-cause mortality, early retirement and annual costs
CHF vs ControlsHazard ratio (95% CI)
Stroke
1.46(1.38–1.56)
MI
1.61(1.51–1.71)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Cardiovascular events, mortality, early retirement and costs in >50 000 persons with chronic heart failure in Sweden. ESC Heart Fail. Published 9 October 2023. doi:10.
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