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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

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   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.

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   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.