Prevalence of heart failure in the elderly and future projections: the AGES-Reykjavík study.
Average rating
Cast your vote
You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item.
When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
Star rating
Your vote was cast
Thank you for your feedback
Thank you for your feedback
Authors
Danielsen, RagnarThorgeirsson, Gudmundur
Einarsson, Haukur
Ólafsson, Örn
Aspelund, Thor
Harris, Tamara B
Launer, Lenore
Gudnason, Vilmundur
Issue Date
2017-08
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Prevalence of heart failure in the elderly and future projections: the AGES-Reykjavík study. 2017, 51 (4):183-189 Scand. Cardiovasc. J.Abstract
To assess the prevalence of heart failure (HF) in a randomly selected study population of elderly individuals representing the general population of Iceland. Furthermore, to project the number of individuals likely to have HF in the future.Baseline characteristics and clinical data from 5706 individuals who participated in the population based AGES-Reykjavik Study and gave their informed consent were used. Their age range was 66-98 years (mean age 77.0 ± 5.9 years), 57.6% were females. HF-diagnoses were established by review of hospital records and adjudicated according to prespecified criteria. Data from the 'Statistics Iceland' institution on the current size, age and sex distribution of the population and its prediction into the sixth decade were also used.
The prevalence of HF was 3.6% in the sexes combined, but higher in men (5.1%) than women (2.7%) (p < .001). The prevalence of HF per age groups ≤69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84 and ≥85 years was 1.7%, 1.5%, 3.7%, 5.2% and 7.2%, respectively. The number of individuals ≥70 years with HF will increase considerably in the future. Thus, a calculation based on the projected age distribution and increase in the number of elderly ≥70 years in the coming decades, demonstrated that the number of patients with HF will have increased 2.3-fold by the year 2040 and tripled by the year 2060.
This study, in a cohort of elderly participants representative of the general population in a Nordic country, predicts that HF will be a major and increasing health problem in the coming decades.
Description
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink belowAdditional Links
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14017431.2017.1311023?scroll=top&needAccess=trueRights
Archived with thanks to Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/14017431.2017.1311023
Scopus Count
Collections
Related articles
- [Heart failure among elderly Icelanders: Incidence, prevalence, underlying diseases and long-term survival].
- Authors: Einarsson H, Thorgeirsson G, Danielsen R, Olafsson O, Aspelund T, Gudnason V
- Issue date: 2017 Oktober
- The prevalence of aortic stenosis in the elderly in Iceland and predictions for the coming decades: the AGES-Reykjavík study.
- Authors: Danielsen R, Aspelund T, Harris TB, Gudnason V
- Issue date: 2014 Oct 20
- Trends in the incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Iceland and future projections.
- Authors: Stefansdottir H, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Arnar DO
- Issue date: 2011 Aug
- [Tuberculosis in Iceland. 1976].
- Authors: Sigurdsson S
- Issue date: 2005 Jan
- Epidemiology of incident heart failure in a contemporary elderly cohort: the health, aging, and body composition study.
- Authors: Kalogeropoulos A, Georgiopoulou V, Kritchevsky SB, Psaty BM, Smith NL, Newman AB, Rodondi N, Satterfield S, Bauer DC, Bibbins-Domingo K, Smith AL, Wilson PW, Vasan RS, Harris TB, Butler J
- Issue date: 2009 Apr 13