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Table 1 Patient characteristics of CHF incident cases between 2012 and 2016

From: Impact of nutritional status on heart failure mortality: a retrospective cohort study

Year

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Incident cases

117 552

120 766

123 620

128 069

129 798

Sex (Male)

57,059 (48.5%)

58,427 (48.4%)

60,152 (48.7%)

62,125 (48.5%)

63,269 (48.7%)

Age (SD)

80 +/- 12

80 +/- 12

80 +/- 12

80 +/- 12

80 +/- 12

Malnutritiona

9913(8.4%)

11,314 (9.4%)

12,844 (10.4%)

15,057 (11.8%)

15,896 (12.3%)

Severe

4153 (41.9%)

4483 (39.6%)

5005 (39.0%)

5891 (39.1%)

5877 (37.0%)

Moderate

4085 (41.2%)

5036 (44.5%)

6037 (47.0%)

7299 (48.5%)

8029 (50.5%)

Slight

878 (8.9%)

1035 (9.2%)

1118 (8.7%)

1153 (7.8%)

1176 (7.4%)

Unspecified

797 (8.0%)

760 (6.7%)

684 (5.3%)

714 (4.7%)

814 (5.1%)

Obesitya

9861 (8.4%)

9868 (8.2%)

10,532 (8.5%)

11,033 (8.6%)

11,546 (8.9%)

Massive

443 (4.5%)

406 (4.1%)

454 (4.3%)

478 (4.3%)

506 (4.4%)

Morbid

1906 (19.3%)

2069 (21.0%)

2238 (21.2%)

2317 (21.0%)

2525 (21.9%)

Standard

5966 (60.5%)

6245 (63.3%)

6928 (65.8%)

7481 (67.8%)

7878 (68.2%)

Unspecified

1546 (15.7%)

1148 (11.6%)

912 (8.7%)

757 (6.9%)

637 (5.5%)

  1. a The figures presented are for all levels included. The detail for each level can be found below
  2. SD: Standard deviation