Sex-Specific Epidemiology of Heart Failure Risk and Mortality in Europe: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium

• Published in: JACC: Heart Failure
• Main Authors: Magnussen, Christina, Niiranen, Teemu J., Ojeda, Francisco M., Gianfagna, Francesco, Blankenberg, Stefan, Vartiainen, Erkki, Sans, Susana, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Hughes, Maria, Costanzo, Simona, Donati, Maria Benedetta, Jousilahti, Pekka, Linneberg, Allan, Palosaari, Tarja, de Gaetano, Giovanni, Bobak, Martin, den Ruijter, Hester M., Jørgensen, Torben, Söderberg, Stefan, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Zeller, Tanja, Iacoviello, Licia, Salomaa, Veikko, Schnabel, Renate B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc. 2019
• Subjects: biomarker; cohort; epidemiology; heart failure; mortality; sex; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Moli; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11383/2077478; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2018.08.008; http://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-heart-failure

Objectives: This study investigates differences between women and men in heart failure (HF) risk and mortality. Background: Sex differences in HF epidemiology are insufficiently understood. Methods: In 78,657 individuals (median 49.5 years of age; age range 24.1 to 98.7 years; 51.7% women) from comm...