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Table 2 Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases by age and body height categories

From: The association between the body height and cardiovascular diseases: a retrospective analysis of 657,310 outpatients in Germany

Age group

Women

Men

 

 ≤ 160 cm

161–170 cm

171–180 cm

 > 180 cm

 ≤ 160 cm

161–170 cm

171–180 cm

 > 180 cm

 Hypertension

        

   ≤ 50 years

18.1

16.2

14.2

14.6

22.1

22.8

21.5

20.7

  51–60 years

45.0

39.3

35.1

31.4

48.1

47.8

44.8

41.9

  61–70 years

55.5

52.3

50.5

38.6

56.8

55.9

54.2

50.6

   > 70 years

59.3

59.6

56.7

62.0

55.2

57.0

55.8

54.0

 Coronary heart disease

        

   ≤ 50 years

1.4

1.1

0.9

0.7

4.7

3.8

2.9

2.2

  51–60 years

6.3

4.7

3.4

3.3

15.0

14.3

11.5

8.9

  61–70 years

11.4

9.6

8.8

8.2

24.1

21.5

18.1

15.9

   > 70 years

16.8

15.5

14.0

13.9

27.8

26.1

24.2

21.6

 Atrial fibrillation and flutter

        

   ≤ 50 years

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.7

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.6

  51–60 years

2.2

2.7

3.2

3.8

3.8

4.3

5.1

5.7

  61–70 years

6.8

7.8

10.2

9.9

8.7

10.2

12.3

13.8

   > 70 years

14.9

16.7

19.2

16.5

15.8

18.5

20.9

24.4

 Heart failure

        

   ≤ 50 years

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.6

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.1

  51–60 years

3.6

3.1

2.5

2.8

6.1

5.2

4.5

4.3

  61–70 years

8.4

7.0

6.6

4.4

12.3

9.8

9.0

9.4

   > 70 years

17.1

15.3

15.0

16.5

18.7

17.4

16.3

16.2

 Ischemic stroke

        

   ≤ 50 years

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.4

  51–60 years

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.1

3.2

2.6

2.1

1.9

  61–70 years

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.5

4.6

4.4

3.4

3.0

   > 70 years

4.7

4.2

4.2

5.1

6.3

5.7

5.1

4.7

 Venous thromboembolism

        

   ≤ 50 years

0.8

1.1

1.2

1.7

0.5

0.8

0.9

1.1

  51–60 years

1.6

1.8

2.3

2.3

1.3

1.5

1.7

2.5

  61–70 years

2.3

2.7

3.3

1.3

2.0

2.1

2.4

3.2

   > 70 years

3.1

3.5

4.1

5.1

2.3

2.6

2.6

3.7

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