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Table 5 Cardiovascular morbidity in participants in the BELFRAIL cohort (n = 567)

From: The BELFRAIL (BFC80+) study: a population-based prospective cohort study of the very elderly in Belgium

 

n (%)

Objectified*, n (%)

Unknown$, n (%)

Hypertension

396 (70.1)

-

2 (0.4)

Hyperlipidaemia

245 (44.0)

-

3 (0.5)

Diabetes

107 (18.9)

-

4 (0.7)

Angina pectoris

93 (16.5)

58 (62.4)

24 (4.3)

Myocardial infarction

62 (11.0)

59 (95.2)

6 (1.1)

Cardiomyopathy

56 (10.0)

-

-

TIA

58 (10.5)

34 (58.6)

9 (1.6)

CVA

46 (8.3)

40 (87.0)

5 (0.9)

Peripheral arterial disease

52 (9.2)

43 (82.7)

15 (2.7)

Episode of decompensated heart failure

60 (10.6)

47 (78.3)

7 (1.2)

Episode of atrial fibrillation

113 (20.1)

-

5 (0.9)

   Chronic atrial fibrillation

58 (10.3)

-

-

Valvular disease

140 (24.9)

135 (96.4)

7 (1.2)

Peripheral oedema

237 (43.8)

-

5 (0.9)

  1. *The general practitioner was asked to report if the pathology was objectified at the time of the diagnosis; $Unknown or doubt by general practitioner.