title: Risk factors and comorbidities in a community-wide sample of patients hospitalized with acute systolic or diastolic heart failure: the Worcester Heart Failure Study.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chinali
authors.forename: Samuel W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Joffe
authors.forename: Gerard P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Aurigemma
authors.forename: Raghavendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makam
authors.forename: Theo E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D054144:Heart Failure, Diastolic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D054143:Heart Failure, Systolic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors