Gender, age, and heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function
Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC*
,*,
Edward P. Havranek, MD, FACC*
,
Grace Smith, MPH
,
Ronald H. Fish, MBA
,
John F. Steiner, MD, MPH
,
Diana L. Ordin, MD, MPH|| and
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, FACC
* Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Aurora, Colorado, USA
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
|| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Boston, Massachusetts., USA

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Figure 1 Selection of the study sample. FFS = fee-for-service; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; LVSF = left ventricular systolic function; NHF = National Heart Failure Project.
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Figure 2 Risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between female gender and preserved left ventricular systolic function in the total study population and in population subgroups. The vertical dashed line represents the point estimate for the fully adjusted risk ratio for female gender in the total study population.
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Copyright © 2003 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.