Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
The Characteristic Large-Scale Annual Analysis by Gender and Age in Heart Failure Patients: Cohort for 10 Years in Korea
Authors' conclusion
The prevalence and incidence of HF are gradually increasing. It increased rapidly in their 50s and older. It showed an increased incidence of HF especially in men between their 50s and 70s
Study context
- Population
- Patients newly diagnosed with heart failure (HF), 2006–2015, among nationally representative random subjects of 1,000,000, Republic of Koreanewly diagnosed HF
- Participants
- 47,243 patients
- Exposure
- Women vs Men
- Outcome
- Annual prevalence and incidence of HF by gender and age
- Follow-up
- 2006–2015
Methodological detailsnational health insurance service data, nationally representative random sample
- National health insurance service data
- Nationally representative random sample
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P < 0.001
- Prevalence of HF increased over the decade
- P < 0.001
- Overall incidence rate gradually increased; in women it tended to decrease gradually
- P < 0.001
- Mean age at diagnosis gradually increased
- P = 0.002 for total, P = 0.001 for each gender
- Total incidence highest in 70s; men most in 60s, women in 70s
- 27.22%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Annual trend of HF incidence by age and gender
- Men: incidence highest in 50s–70s with similar annual pattern, increasing more recently
- Women: incidence increased with age, peaking in 70s and gradually decreasing in recent years
Original publication
The Characteristic Large-Scale Annual Analysis by Gender and Age in Heart Failure Patients: Cohort for 10 Years in Korea. ESC Heart Fail. Published 21 September 2023. doi:10.
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