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The characteristics of the registry have been previously described&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0220"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> This project was approved by the Ethics Committee of University Hospital Reina Sofia of Cordoba&#46; The data were collected anonymously through the website &#40;<a href="http://www.registrorica.org/">http&#58;&#47;&#47;www&#46;registrorica&#46;org</a>&#41;&#44; ensuring patient confidentiality&#46;</p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">At the time the patients&#8217; data were included in the registry&#44; the following variables were recorded&#58; demographic characteristics and medical history&#44; including arterial hypertension&#44; diabetes mellitus&#44; myocardial infarction&#44; atrial fibrillation &#40;AF&#41;&#44; hyperlipidemia&#44; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease&#44; neoplasia&#44; peripheral arterial disease&#44; stroke&#44; Charlson comorbidity index&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0225"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a> degree of functional capacity previously assessed by the Barthel index&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> mental state assessed by the Pfeiffer test<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0235"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a> and body mass index&#46; In terms of HF&#44; the registry included the etiology of the heart disease&#44; triggers&#44; New York Heart Association &#40;NYHA&#41; functional class&#44; classification of HF as initial presentation or chronic decompensated&#44; left ventricular ejection fraction &#40;LVEF&#41; echocardiographic assessment&#44; cardiac rhythm in electrocardiogram&#44; previous history of AF&#44; blood pressure readings and heart rate&#46; Hemoglobin and creatinine levels were also recorded&#46; The glomerular filtration rate was calculated using the MDRD-4 formula&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0240"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> The presence of renal failure was considered when the glomerular filtration rate calculated using this formula was &#60;60<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mL&#47;min&#47;1&#46;73<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>m<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#46; The presence of anemia was defined according to the WHO criteria &#40;hemoglobin levels &#62;13<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#47;dL in men or &#62;12<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#47;dL in women&#41;&#46; The presence of preserved LVEF was considered when the ejection fraction was &#60;50&#37; and met the criteria indicated in the European HF Guidelines&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0245"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a></p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The treatment prescribed at discharge was recorded&#44; which included beta-blockers&#44; angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors &#40;ACEIs&#41;&#44; angiotensin II receptor blockers &#40;ARB&#41;&#44; aldosterone antagonists and diuretics&#44; as well as the length of stay of the first admission and all-cause mortality at 1 year&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0075">Statistical analysis</span><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A descriptive analysis was conducted using mean and standard deviation for the quantitative variables and percentages for the categorical variables&#46; We analyzed the differences between the sexes in terms of the characteristics of the heart disease&#44; comorbidity&#44; functional state&#44; mental condition&#44; triggers&#44; treatment&#44; length of stay and mortality at 1 year&#46; To compare categorical variables&#44; we employed the chi-squared and Fisher&#39;s exact test&#46; To compare quantitative variables&#44; we employed Student&#39;s <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">t</span> test and the Mann&#8211;Whitney <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">U</span> test according to whether the variables followed a normal distribution&#46; The normality of the variables was assessed with the Kolmogorov&#8211;Smirnov test&#46; We analyzed the prognostic value of sex adjusted for age and other prognostic factors&#46; We conducted a multivariate analysis using a Cox proportional hazards regression&#44; which included variables that were significantly related in the univariate analysis to mortality and other variables considered to have prognostic value&#44; regardless of their statistical association &#40;age&#44; NYHA functional class&#44; renal function&#44; anemia&#44; obesity&#44; hyponatremia&#44; LVEF&#44; use of ACEIs&#44; ARBs or beta-blockers and functional capacity as assessed using the Barthel index&#41;&#46; Differences with a <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span>-value &#60;&#46;05 were considered significant&#46; The statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences program &#40;version 15&#46;0&#44; SPSS Inc&#46;&#44; Chicago&#44; IL&#44; USA&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0080">Results</span><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The study included 1772 patients &#40;mean age&#44; 78 years &#91;SD&#44; 8&#46;7&#93;&#58; 836 men &#91;47&#46;2&#37;&#93; and 936 women &#91;52&#46;8&#37;&#93;&#41;&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a> shows the baseline characteristics of all patients and their distribution by sex&#46; The women had a significantly greater mean age than the men &#40;79&#46;3 vs&#46; 76&#46;6 years&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#44; a higher prevalence of hypertension &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#44; obesity &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and chronic kidney disease &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#46; The men had a higher frequency of a history of myocardial infarction &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#44; peripheral arteriopathy &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#44; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and anemia &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;02&#41; and a higher score on the Charlson comorbidity index &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#46; The women had poorer functional capacity as assessed with the Barthel index &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and poorer mental condition according to the Pfeiffer test &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The most common heart disease etiology in the women was hypertension &#40;45&#46;3&#37; vs&#46; 28&#46;1&#37;&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#44; followed by valvular &#40;22&#46;6&#37; vs&#46; 13&#46;3&#37;&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#44; while ischemia was the most common in the men &#40;37&#46;1&#37;&#44; vs&#46; 19&#46;9&#37;&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#46; None of the women were diagnosed with alcohol-induced dilated cardiomyopathy&#46; The women predominantly had HF with preserved ejection fraction &#40;HFpEF&#41;&#44; in contrast to the men &#40;69&#46;2&#37; vs&#46; 44&#46;6&#37;&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#46; The prevalence of AF was significantly higher in the women than in the men &#40;56&#46;2&#37; vs&#46; 47&#46;6&#37;&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0010">Table 2</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Among the women&#44; systolic blood pressure &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and heart rate &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;002&#41; were higher&#44; and their NYHA functional class was poorer &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;002&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0010">Table 2</a>&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Differences were also observed in the triggers of the HF episode&#46; For the women&#44; AF &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;02&#41; and hypertensive seizures &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;039&#41; were predominant&#44; while therapeutic noncompliance and dietary transgression were the main triggers for men &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;044&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Overall mortality at 1 year was 27&#37;&#44; with no significant differences in terms of sex &#40;28&#46;6&#37; in men and 25&#46;6&#37; in women&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;16&#41;&#46; However&#44; after adjusting for age&#44; the female sex was associated with lower mortality &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;01&#41;&#46; After performing a multivariate analysis&#44; we observed that the lower mortality in women remained after adjusting for other known prognostic factors&#44; which included &#40;in addition to age&#41; the presence of anemia&#44; renal failure&#44; hyponatremia&#44; obesity&#44; systolic blood pressure&#44; NYHA functional class and treatment with beta-blockers&#44; ACEIs or ARBs &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0015">Table 3</a>&#41;&#46; The mean stay did not differ by sex &#40;10&#46;1 days for men vs&#46; 9&#46;4 for women&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;16&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0015"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In terms of treatment&#44; the women were administered ARBs more frequently than the men &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and ACEIs less frequently &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#59; however&#44; the combined use of ACEIs and ARBs did not differ according to sex &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;83&#41;&#46; There were also no differences between sexes in the use of beta-blockers &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;24&#41;&#46; The overall prescription of diuretics was similar&#44; although aldosterone antagonist diuretics were used more frequently in men &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;02&#41;&#46; When considering only those patients with systolic dysfunction &#40;LVEF<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>50&#37;&#41;&#44; the results were similar&#44; with the women using ACEIs &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;017&#41; and aldosterone antagonist diuretics &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;013&#41; less frequently and a tendency toward an increased use of ARBs &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;052&#41;&#46; However&#44; there were no differences in the combined use of ACEIs and ARBs &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;34&#41; and beta-blockers &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;24&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0010">Table 2</a>&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Discussion</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This study is representative of patients admitted for HF to the departments of internal medicine&#46; The data this study provides come from hospitals throughout Spain and from various healthcare levels and show an elderly population with differential characteristics according to sex&#46; The women were older than the men and had a higher prevalence of hypertension&#44; obesity&#44; chronic kidney disease&#44; atrial fibrillation and HFpEF and lower mortality after adjusting for other prognostic factors&#46;</p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The specific characteristics of HF in women have been seldom studied&#46; Women have been under-represented in clinical trials&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> despite the fact that in real life half of all hospitalizations for HF are for this population&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4&#44;6&#44;12</span></a> This might be due in part to the fact that HF occurs in women at a later age than in men&#44; both in the outpatient and hospital settings&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#8211;4&#44;10&#44;12&#44;19</span></a></p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In terms of the comorbidity of patients with HF&#44; differences between the sexes have been reported&#46; As has been reported in the literature&#44; women have a lower prevalence of ischemic heart disease and COPD<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#8211;4&#44;10&#44;11&#44;19</span></a> and a higher frequency of hypertension&#46; There is almost unanimous agreement in the various series on the higher prevalence of hypertension in women&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4&#44;9&#8211;12&#44;19</span></a> with higher systolic blood pressure readings&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4&#44;9&#44;10&#44;12&#44;19</span></a> as was observed in our study&#46; A greater risk of developing HF has been observed with arterial hypertension in women than in men&#46; Levy et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0255"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> observed that the risk of developing HF in patients with hypertension compared with patients with normal blood pressure was almost 2 fold in men and 3 fold in women&#44; adjusting for age and other factors&#46; In fact&#44; the etiology of HF in women is predominantly hypertensive and valvular&#44; as has been mentioned previously&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> while the ischemic etiology predominates in men&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4&#44;10&#44;11&#44;19</span></a> findings that were also observed in our study&#46; Moreover&#44; in our study&#44; obesity was more common in the women&#44; as has been reported in the literature&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10&#44;19</span></a> although not unanimously&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;12</span></a> In terms of the prevalence of diabetes&#44; we observed no differences according to sex&#44; which was similar to that observed in the ADHERE registry&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> However&#44; the literature has reported varying results&#44; with a higher prevalence of diabetes among women in a number of series<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;10&#44;19</span></a> and a lower prevalence in others&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> We also observed no differences in the prevalence of dyslipidemia according to sex&#44; unlike other studies that have indicated a lower frequency among women&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12&#44;19</span></a></p><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In terms of anemia&#44; the prevalence was lower in the population of women in our registry&#44; which is similar to that observed in the ADHERE study&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> although other studies have provided different results&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;11&#44;12&#44;19</span></a> In contrast to other studies&#44; our study found that renal failure was more common among the women&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4&#44;10&#8211;12</span></a></p><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">An issue worth considering that could explain the different prevalence of comorbidities in the various studies is the patients&#8217; origins&#46; Differences have been described in the comorbidity profile among patients hospitalized in the departments of internal medicine and cardiology&#46; Patients who are admitted to departments of internal medicine are more frequently women and are older&#44; with less ischemic heart disease and a higher prevalence of diabetes&#44; renal failure&#44; anemia and respiratory disease&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0260"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21&#44;22</span></a> Our results are similar to those reported in the ADHERE registry&#44; which includes a very large sample of patients with HF representative of the actual situation in the United States&#46; Other series have included patients only &#40;or mostly&#41; from cardiology departments&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;19&#44;23</span></a> which could explain some of the published differences&#46;</p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The women in our population were in a more advanced clinical situation&#44; with poorer NYHA functional class&#44; as has been described in other series&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;19&#44;23</span></a> with a higher frequency of previous HF and a higher proportion of AF&#46; Although AF in the general population is more common in men&#44; there are numerous studies that show a predominance of AF among women with HF&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#8211;11&#44;19&#44;23</span></a> although not unanimously&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4</span></a></p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">HFpEF was predominant among the women&#44; which is similar to what was described above&#44; a finding that is almost unanimous among the various series&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;5&#44;9&#8211;11&#44;19&#44;23</span></a> The prevalence of HFpEF is increasing&#44; given that its prevalence increases with age and is a disease that mainly affects elderly women&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0275"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a> With the increased life expectancy&#44; women represent a greater proportion of elderly patients&#44; which entails an increase in the prevalence of HFpEF&#46;</p><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The ability to perform basic activities of daily life&#44; as assessed by scales such as the Barthel index&#44; is an issue that has not been widely recorded in the large American &#40;ADHERE&#44; GWTG-HF&#44; Optimize-HF&#41;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4&#44;12</span></a> and European &#40;EHFSII&#41; HF registries&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> However&#44; in recent years&#44; the importance of the functional state as a prognostic factor for patients with HF is being noted&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0280"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25&#8211;27</span></a> The women in our study had a poorer functional state than the men&#46; Nevertheless&#44; we must consider that the women were older&#44; which could affect the greater degree of disability observed&#46;</p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In terms of the possible triggers for the HF episode&#44; the top cause was respiratory infection in both sexes&#46; However&#44; AF was more common among the women&#44; as has been reported by other authors&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> as were hypertensive seizures&#44; conditions that predominate in women&#46; Although a number of studies have observed no differences in therapeutic noncompliance among the sexes&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0250"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> as described in the American registry GWTG-HF<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0295"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a> and in the European registry EHFS-II&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> our series observed a predominance of therapeutic noncompliance among men&#46;</p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The mean stay did not differ by sex&#44; as has been recorded in other large registries&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#8211;5&#44;10&#44;11&#44;19</span></a></p><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The crude mortality at 1 year was greater in men than in women&#44; although the differences were not significant&#46; However&#44; after adjusting for age&#44; the differences were statistically significant and remained significant after including other prognostic factors in the multivariate analysis&#46; One of the most debated issues in the literature is whether women have a better prognosis than men&#46; Numerous studies&#44; especially clinical trials&#44; have observed that women have better prognoses&#44; as shown by the Meta-Analysis Global Group In Chronic Heart Failure&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> which included 41&#44;949 patients from 31 studies&#46; However&#44; other authors have observed no differences in mortality between the two sexes adjusted for age&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;11&#44;28</span></a> The lower prevalence of ischemic heart disease has been suggested as a protective factor in women&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In terms of treatment&#44; previous studies have shown a lower use by women of the treatments recommended by clinical practice guidelines&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0300"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29</span></a> The RICA registry has shown a lower use of ACEIs and a greater use of ARBs by women than by men&#46; Several studies have reported the greater use of ACEIs by men&#44; which is similar to our results&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#8211;5&#44;19</span></a> The possible reduced efficacy of ACEIs in women with asymptomatic systolic dysfunction<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;30</span></a> might be a factor in the lower prescription of this drug&#44; which in our series tended to be compensated by an increased use of ARBs&#46; The data in the literature on the use of ARBs according to sex are more variable&#46; A number of studies have reported&#44; as has ours&#44; a greater use of ARBs by women<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;12</span></a> &#40;ADHERE and GWTG-HF&#41;&#44; other studies report lower use&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0250"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> while still others show no differences in their use according to sex&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;10</span></a></p><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Beta-blockers have been reported to have lower usage by women&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;12</span></a> However&#44; our series cannot confirm these differences according to sex&#46; As with other authors&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;10</span></a> we observed a tendency toward increased use of beta-blockers&#44; as shown in a recent study performed with patients of the RICA registry&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0310"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">31</span></a></p><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our study had a number of limitations&#46; Patients who died during hospitalization were not included in the registry&#46; Second&#44; the participation of hospitals in the enrollment of patients was voluntary&#44; which can represent a certain selection bias&#46; However&#44; 52 hospitals from all communities in Spain participated in the RICA registry&#46; The population characteristics of this registry agree with the data previously obtained in the SEMIC-IC study performed in the departments of internal medicine in Spain&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0190"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> Another limitation is that the number of patients with resynchronization pacemakers or implantable automatic defibrillators was not recorded&#44; although the number of patients with these devices is very low and probably has no effect on the final results&#46; One of the study&#39;s strengths is that it analyzed a population with HF in the real world&#44; with a population of elderly predominantly female patients with comorbidity&#44; who show differences compared with men in terms of age&#44; comorbidity&#44; functional state and prognosis&#46;</p><p id="par0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; in this extensive sample of patients from real life&#44; the existence of sex-related differences among patients hospitalized for HF has been demonstrated&#46; Thus&#44; HF in women occurs at a later age&#44; the most common etiology is hypertensive and valvular&#44; preserved LVEF is predominant&#44; and these patients have worse functional states&#44; different comorbidity profiles and triggers and lower age-adjusted mortality&#46; Knowing these characteristics is important for the decision-making process in this population&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0090">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">History and objectives</span><p id="spar0005" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">To analyze the differential clinical characteristics according to gender of patients with heart failure in terms of etiology&#44; comorbidity&#44; triggers&#44; treatment&#44; hospital stay and overall mortality at 1 year&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Patients and method</span><p id="spar0010" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">We employed data from the RICA registry&#44; a multicenter prospective cohort of patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments for heart failure&#44; with a follow-up of 1 year&#46; We analyzed the differences between the genders in terms of the etiology of the heart disease&#44; comorbidity&#44; triggers&#44; left ventricle ejection fraction&#44; functional state&#44; mental condition&#44; treatment&#44; length of stay and mortality at 1 year&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Results</span><p id="spar0015" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">A total of 1772 patients &#40;47&#46;2&#37; men&#41; were included&#46; The women were older than the men &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and had a higher prevalence of hypertension&#44; obesity&#44; chronic kidney disease&#44; atrial fibrillation and preserved left ventricle ejection fraction &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#46; The men&#39;s medical history had a predominance of myocardial infarction&#44; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease&#44; peripheral arteriopathy &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and anemia &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;02&#41;&#46; In the women&#44; a hypertensive etiology was predominant&#44; followed by valvular&#46; The main triggers were hypertension and atrial fibrillation&#46; Treatment with beta-blockers&#44; ACEIs and&#47;or ARBs did not differ by sex&#46; The women had poorer functional capacity &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41;&#44; according to the Barthel index&#46; After adjusting for age and other prognostic factors&#44; the mortality at 1 year was lower among the women &#40;RR&#58; 0&#46;69&#59; 95&#37; CI 0&#46;53&#8211;0&#46;89&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;004&#41;&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0025">Conclusions</span><p id="spar0020" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">HF in women occurs at a later age and with different comorbidities&#46; The hypertensive and valvular etiology is predominant&#44; with preserved left ventricle ejection fraction&#44; and the age-adjusted mortality is lower than in men&#46;</p></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Antecedentes y objetivos</span><p id="spar0025" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Analizar las caracter&#237;sticas cl&#237;nicas diferenciales en funci&#243;n del sexo en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca &#40;IC&#41; en cuanto a etiolog&#237;a&#44; comorbilidad&#44; desencadenantes&#44; tratamiento&#44; estancia hospitalaria y mortalidad global al a&#241;o&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Pacientes y m&#233;todo</span><p id="spar0030" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Se utilizaron los datos del registro RICA&#44; cohorte prospectiva multic&#233;ntrica de pacientes hospitalizados en servicios de Medicina Interna por IC con seguimiento de un a&#241;o&#46; Se analizaron las diferencias de g&#233;nero en cuanto a la etiolog&#237;a de la cardiopat&#237;a&#44; comorbilidad&#44; factor desencadenante&#44; fracci&#243;n de eyecci&#243;n de ventr&#237;culo izquierdo&#44; situaci&#243;n funcional&#44; estado mental&#44; tratamiento&#44; estancia y mortalidad al a&#241;o&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Resultados</span><p id="spar0035" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Se incluyeron 1772 pacientes &#40;47&#44;2&#37; varones&#41;&#46; Las mujeres eran mayores que los varones &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;001&#41;&#44; ten&#237;an mayor prevalencia de hipertensi&#243;n&#44; obesidad&#44; enfermedad renal cr&#243;nica&#44; fibrilaci&#243;n auricular y fracci&#243;n de eyecci&#243;n de ventr&#237;culo izquierdo preservada &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;001&#41;&#46; Entre los varones predominaban los antecedentes de infarto de miocardio&#44; enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva cr&#243;nica&#44; arteriopat&#237;a perif&#233;rica &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;001&#41; y anemia &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;02&#41;&#46; En las mujeres predomin&#243; la etiolog&#237;a hipertensiva&#44; seguida de la valvular&#46; Los principales desencadenantes fueron la hipertensi&#243;n y fibrilaci&#243;n auricular&#46; El tratamiento con beta-bloqueantes&#44; IECA y&#47;o ARA II no difiri&#243; en funci&#243;n del sexo&#46; Las mujeres ten&#237;an peor capacidad funcional &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;001&#41; seg&#250;n el &#237;ndice de Barthel&#46; Tras ajustar por edad y otros factores pron&#243;sticos&#44; la mortalidad al a&#241;o fue menor entre las mujeres RR<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#58;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;69 &#40;IC 95&#37; 0&#44;53&#8211;0&#44;89&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;004&#41;&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Conclusiones</span><p id="spar0040" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">La IC en la mujer se presenta a edad m&#225;s avanzada y con diferente comorbilidad&#46; Predomina la etiolog&#237;a hipertensiva y valvular&#44; con fracci&#243;n de eyecci&#243;n de ventr&#237;culo izquierdo preservada&#44; y la mortalidad ajustada por la edad es menor que en el var&#243;n&#46;</p></span>"
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        "nota" => "<p class="elsevierStyleNotepara" id="npar0010">Please cite this article as&#58; Conde-Martel A&#44; Arkuch ME&#44; Formiga F&#44; Manzano-Espinosa L&#44; Aramburu-Bodas O&#44; Gonz&#225;lez-Franco &#193;&#44; et al&#46; Diferencias en funci&#243;n del sexo en el perfil cl&#237;nico y pron&#243;stico de pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca&#46; Resultados del Registro RICA&#46; Rev Clin Esp&#46; 2015&#59;215&#58;363&#8211;370&#46;</p>"
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            "apendice" => "<p id="par0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Anarte L&#44; Aramburu O&#44; Ar&#233;valo-Lorido JC&#44; Arkuch E&#44; Armengou A&#44; Bas F&#44; Carrera M&#44; Cerqueiro JM&#44; Conde A&#44; D&#225;vila MF&#44; D&#237;ez J&#44; Epelde F&#44; Formiga F&#44; Franco J&#44; Gallego J&#44; Gonz&#225;lez A&#44; Guisado ME&#44; Herrero A&#44; Llacer P&#44; L&#243;pez G&#44; Manzano L&#44; Montero M&#44; Muela A&#44; Murado I&#44; Oropesa R&#44; P&#233;rez J&#44; P&#233;rez Calvo JI&#44; Quesada MA&#44; Quir&#243;s R&#44; Roca B&#44; Ruiz R&#44; Ruiz Laiglesia F&#44; Salamanca P&#44; S&#225;nchez M&#44; Satu&#233; JA&#44; Serrado A&#44; Serrano M&#44; Su&#225;rez I&#44; and Trull&#224;s JC&#46;</p>"
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">403 &#40;43&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">514 &#40;61&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">507 &#40;54&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">242 &#40;28&#46;9&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">151 &#40;16&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">122 &#40;14&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">118 &#40;12&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">186 &#40;22&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">443 &#40;53&#46;0&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">605 &#40;64&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">361 &#40;43&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">120 &#40;12&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">53 &#40;6&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">60 &#40;6&#46;4&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;95&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">86&#46;9<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>20&#46;1&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">1&#46;4<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>2&#46;1&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">95 &#40;10&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">239 &#40;28&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">240 &#40;25&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">354 &#40;44&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">137&#46;6<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>28&#46;6&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">142&#46;2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>28&#46;3&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">90&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>24&#46;8&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;002&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleVsp" style="height:0.5px"></span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">NYHA</span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span><span class="elsevierStyleSmallCaps">I</span>&#8211;<span class="elsevierStyleSmallCaps">II&#44;</span><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span> &#40;&#37;&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">1014 &#40;58&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">513 &#40;62&#46;4&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">501&#40;55&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " rowspan="2" align="char" valign="top">&#46;002</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span><span class="elsevierStyleSmallCaps">III</span>&#8211;<span class="elsevierStyleSmallCaps">IV&#44;</span><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span> &#40;&#37;&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">715 &#40;41&#46;4&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">309 &#40;37&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">406 &#40;44&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleVsp" style="height:0.5px"></span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Initial HF&#44; n &#40;&#37;&#41;</span>&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">551 &#40;31&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">282&#40;33&#46;7&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">269 &#40;28&#46;7&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;023&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Atrial fibrillation&#44; n &#40;&#37;&#41;</span>&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">921 &#40;52&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">397 &#40;47&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">524 &#40;56&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleVsp" style="height:0.5px"></span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Etiology&#44; n &#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Previous HF&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">1098 &#40;62&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">498 &#40;59&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">600 &#40;64&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;05&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Hypertensive etiology&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">659 &#40;37&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">235 &#40;28&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">424 &#40;45&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Ischemic etiology&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">496 &#40;28&#46;0&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">310 &#40;37&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">186 &#40;19&#46;9&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Valvular etiology&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">323 &#40;18&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">111 &#40;13&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">212 &#40;22&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Alcoholic cardiomyopathy&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">40 &#40;2&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">40 &#40;4&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">0&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">25 &#40;1&#46;4&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">14 &#40;1&#46;7&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">11 &#40;1&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;37&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Others&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">75 &#40;4&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">45 &#40;5&#46;4&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">30 &#40;3&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;023&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleVsp" style="height:0.5px"></span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Triggers&#44; n &#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>AF with rapid ventricular response&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">336 &#40;19&#46;0&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">139 &#40;16&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">197 &#40;21&#46;0&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;02&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Respiratory infection&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">490 &#40;27&#46;7&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">227 &#40;27&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">263 &#40;28&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;66&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Emergency hypertensive&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">102 &#40;5&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">38 &#40;4&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">64 &#40;6&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;039&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Poor therapeutic compliance and&#47;or dietary transgression&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">147 &#40;8&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">81 &#40;9&#46;7&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">66 &#40;7&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;044&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Ischemia&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">112 &#40;6&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">59 &#40;7&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">53 &#40;5&#46;7&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;23&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Intake of NSAIDs&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">32 &#40;1&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">14 &#40;1&#46;7&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">18 &#40;1&#46;9&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;69&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleVsp" style="height:0.5px"></span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " colspan="5" align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Treatment&#44; n &#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ACEIs&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">935 &#40;52&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">481 &#40;57&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">454 &#40;48&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ARBs&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">595 &#40;33&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">238 &#40;28&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">357 &#40;38&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#60;&#46;001&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ACEIs or ARBs&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">1425 &#40;80&#46;4&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">674 &#40;80&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">751 &#40;80&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;83&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Beta-blockers&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">1113 &#40;62&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">537 &#40;64&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">576 &#40;61&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;24&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Loop diuretics&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">1639 &#40;92&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">778 &#40;93&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">861 &#40;92&#46;0&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;39&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Aldosterone antagonist diuretics&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">624 &#40;35&#46;2&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">317 &#40;37&#46;9&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">307 &#40;32&#46;8&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;02&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Thiazide diuretics&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">211 &#40;11&#46;9&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">96 &#40;11&#46;5&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">115 &#40;12&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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Vol. 215. Issue 7.
Pages 363-370 (October 2015)
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Gender-related differences in clinical profile and outcome of patients with heart failure. Results of the RICA Registry
Diferencias en función del sexo en el perfil clínico y pronóstico de pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca. Resultados del Registro RICA
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A. Conde-Martela,b,
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acondemar@telefonica.net

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, M.E. Arkucha, F. Formigac, L. Manzano-Espinosad,e, O. Aramburu-Bodasf,g, Á. González-Francoh, M.F. Dávila-Ramosi, I. Suárez-Pedreiraj, A. Herrero-Domingok, M. Montero-Pérez-Barquerol,m
a Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
b Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
c Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
d Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Riesgo Vascular, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
e Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
f Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
g Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
h Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
i Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
j Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Valle de Nalón, Langreo, Asturias, Spain
k Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
l Servicio de Medicina Interna, IMIBIC/Hospital Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
m Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Table 1. Demographic characteristics, comorbidity, functional state, mental condition, length of stay and mortality.
Table 2. Characteristics of heart disease according to sex: ejection fraction, etiology, functional degree, triggers and treatment at discharge.
Table 3. Mortality at 1 year. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis.
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Abstract
History and objectives

To analyze the differential clinical characteristics according to gender of patients with heart failure in terms of etiology, comorbidity, triggers, treatment, hospital stay and overall mortality at 1 year.

Patients and method

We employed data from the RICA registry, a multicenter prospective cohort of patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments for heart failure, with a follow-up of 1 year. We analyzed the differences between the genders in terms of the etiology of the heart disease, comorbidity, triggers, left ventricle ejection fraction, functional state, mental condition, treatment, length of stay and mortality at 1 year.

Results

A total of 1772 patients (47.2% men) were included. The women were older than the men (p<.001) and had a higher prevalence of hypertension, obesity, chronic kidney disease, atrial fibrillation and preserved left ventricle ejection fraction (p<.001). The men's medical history had a predominance of myocardial infarction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, peripheral arteriopathy (p<.001) and anemia (p=.02). In the women, a hypertensive etiology was predominant, followed by valvular. The main triggers were hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Treatment with beta-blockers, ACEIs and/or ARBs did not differ by sex. The women had poorer functional capacity (p<.001), according to the Barthel index. After adjusting for age and other prognostic factors, the mortality at 1 year was lower among the women (RR: 0.69; 95% CI 0.53–0.89; p=.004).

Conclusions

HF in women occurs at a later age and with different comorbidities. The hypertensive and valvular etiology is predominant, with preserved left ventricle ejection fraction, and the age-adjusted mortality is lower than in men.

Keywords:
Heart failure
Gender
Sex
Comorbidity
Treatment
Prognosis
Resumen
Antecedentes y objetivos

Analizar las características clínicas diferenciales en función del sexo en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca (IC) en cuanto a etiología, comorbilidad, desencadenantes, tratamiento, estancia hospitalaria y mortalidad global al año.

Pacientes y método

Se utilizaron los datos del registro RICA, cohorte prospectiva multicéntrica de pacientes hospitalizados en servicios de Medicina Interna por IC con seguimiento de un año. Se analizaron las diferencias de género en cuanto a la etiología de la cardiopatía, comorbilidad, factor desencadenante, fracción de eyección de ventrículo izquierdo, situación funcional, estado mental, tratamiento, estancia y mortalidad al año.

Resultados

Se incluyeron 1772 pacientes (47,2% varones). Las mujeres eran mayores que los varones (p<0,001), tenían mayor prevalencia de hipertensión, obesidad, enfermedad renal crónica, fibrilación auricular y fracción de eyección de ventrículo izquierdo preservada (p<0,001). Entre los varones predominaban los antecedentes de infarto de miocardio, enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, arteriopatía periférica (p<0,001) y anemia (p=0,02). En las mujeres predominó la etiología hipertensiva, seguida de la valvular. Los principales desencadenantes fueron la hipertensión y fibrilación auricular. El tratamiento con beta-bloqueantes, IECA y/o ARA II no difirió en función del sexo. Las mujeres tenían peor capacidad funcional (p<0,001) según el índice de Barthel. Tras ajustar por edad y otros factores pronósticos, la mortalidad al año fue menor entre las mujeres RR:0,69 (IC 95% 0,53–0,89; p=0,004).

Conclusiones

La IC en la mujer se presenta a edad más avanzada y con diferente comorbilidad. Predomina la etiología hipertensiva y valvular, con fracción de eyección de ventrículo izquierdo preservada, y la mortalidad ajustada por la edad es menor que en el varón.

Palabras clave:
Insuficiencia cardiaca
Género
Sexo
Comorbilidad
Tratamiento
Pronóstico

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