Epidemiology of Incident Heart Failure in a Contemporary Elderly Cohort.

The article presents a study which examines the race- and sex-specific epidemiology of incident heart failure (HF) in a contemporary elderly cohort. The researchers investigate the incidence of HF, the population-attributable risk (PAR) for HF, and outcomes of incident HF among 2,934 participant with HF who enrolled in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. The study shows that incident HF is common in old persons in which a large proportion of risk is attributed to modifiable risk factors.