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Table 2 Presence of heart failure in nursing home residents

From: Heart failure in nursing home residents; a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics

Variabele

 

HF absent

HF present

(95 %-CI) of perc. HF

HFrEFa

HFpEFa

Asymptomatic HF with rEFb

Total

 

335 (67 %)

166 (33 %)

(29 %, 37 %)

64 (48 %)

70 (52 %)

27 (10 %)

Gender

Male

118 (66 %)

61 (34 %)

(30 %,38 %)

29 (58 %)

21 (42 %)

12 (44 %)

 

Female

217 (67 %)

105 (33 %)

(29 %,37 %)

35 (42 %)

49 (58 %)

15 (56 %)

Ward

Psychogeriatric care

227 (70 %)

99 (30 %)

(26 %,34 %)

36 (45 %)

44 (55 %)

19 (70 %)

 

Somatic care

108 (62 %)

67 (38 %)

(34 %,42 %)

28 (52 %)

26 (48 %)

8 (30 %)

  1. HFrEF heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, HFpEF heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, rEF reduced ejection fraction
  2. aEcho data about left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) available for 134 of the 166 residents with HF
  3. bEcho data about LVEF available for 271 of the 335 residents without HF