Data management

Index date

Index date is defined as the registered date of discharge for in-patients and date of admission for out-patients in SwedeHF. The controls receive the same index date as their matched case.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria

Criteria N
No of posts in SwedeHF 178038
Remove posts with duplicated index dates 177417
Remove posts with reused or changed PINs 177208
Remove posts < 18 years 177195
Remove posts with end of follow-up <= index date (died in hospital) 173894
Remove posts with with index date > 2018-12-31 156544
Unique patients 90383

New version of SwedeHF

SwedeHF started in 2000. In April 2017 a new version of the register was launched in which some variables were redefined, renamed, removed or added. To analyze longitudinal data from the register the variables from the different versions need to be merged. The exact merging can be seen in the source code https://github.com/KIHeartFailure/shfdb3dm/blob/master/munge/02-merge_swedehf.R.

Follow-up

The follow-up period is defined as time from index date to emigration, death or end of follow-up, 2019-12-31, whichever came first.

For the controls the follow-up period is defined as time from the matched cases index date to heart failure diagnosis (either in NPR or SwedeHF), emigration, death or end of follow-up, 2019-12-31, whichever came first.

Socioeconomic variables from Statistics Sweden

The socioeconomic variables from LISA are from the year prior to the index year, so a patient with an index date 2015-03-06 will have income, marriage status and education from 2014.

The exact categorizations can be found https://github.com/KIHeartFailure/shfdb3dm/blob/master/munge/06-countryofbirth_scb.R and https://github.com/KIHeartFailure/shfdb3dm/blob/master/munge/07-lisa_scb.R

Limitations: Unmarried persons cohabiting without children are classified as Living alone. Education is not registered for individuals < 25 years.

Comorbidities and outcomes from NPR

For all comorbidities and hospitalizations date of admission/visit (INDATUM) is used to calculate if is a comorbidity or outcome. Adjoining hospitalizations, where the discharge date of the former hospitalization is the same as the admission date of the latter, are merged together into one hospitalization in order to take into account possible transferals between wards/hospitals.

Limitation: For the comorbidities MI, IHD, Stroke, CABG and PCI there is no time restriction applied. There is no data prior to 1987 (for PCI, CABG only from 1997) and the earlier registrations will therefore not have had the possibility to accumulate comorbidities to the same extent as the latter. For more details see Sources).

Limitation: Out-patient visits in speciality (but not primary) care are covered from 2001. Therefore, for the earlier visits, these are (partially) not included in the comorbidities.

Variable Code Register Position Period
sos_com_hypertension ICD:I10-5 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_diabetes ICD:E10-4 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_ihd ICD:410-4, I20-5 NPR (in+out) All DIA -0
sos_com_mi ICD:410, 412, I21, I22, I252 NPR (in+out) All DIA -0
sos_com_angina ICD:I20 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_pci OP:FNG NPR (in+out) All OP -0
sos_com_cabg ICD:Z951, Z955 OP:FNA, FNB, FNC, FND, FNE, FNF, FNH NPR (in+out) All DIA All OP -0
sos_com_dcm ICD:I420 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_peripheralartery ICD:I70-3 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_af ICD:I48 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_stroke ICD:430-4, 438, I60-4, I690-4 NPR (in+out) All DIA -0
sos_com_tia ICD:G45 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_valvular ICD:I05-8, I34-9, Q22, Q230-3, Z952-4 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_renal ICD:N17-9, Z491, Z492 OP:KAS00, KAS10, KAS20, DR014, DR015, DR016, DR020, DR012, DR013, DR023, DR024, TJA33, TJA35 NPR (in+out) All DIA All OP -5yrs-0
sos_com_hyperkalemia ICD:E875 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_hypokalemia ICD:E876 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_dialysis ICD:Z491, Z492 OP:DR014, DR015, DR016, DR020, DR012, DR013, DR023, DR024, TJA33, TJA35 NPR (in+out) All DIA All OP -5yrs-0
sos_com_copd ICD:J40-4 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_liver ICD:B18, I85, I864, I982, K70, K710, K711, K713-7, K72-4, K760, K762-9 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_sleepapnea ICD:G473 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_dementia ICD:F00-4 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_depression ICD:F32-4 NPR (in+out) All DIA -5yrs-0
sos_com_cancer3y ICD:C NPR (in+out) HDIA -3yrs-0
sos_com_muscoloskeletal3y ICD:M NPR (in+out) All DIA -3yrs-0
sos_com_alcohol ICD:E244, E52, F10, G312, G621, G721, I426, K292, K70, K860, O354, P043, Q860, T51, Z502, Z714 Ekod:Y90, Y91 NPR (in+out) All DIA All Ekod -5yrs-0
sos_com_bleed ICD:S064, S065, S066, I850, I983, K226, K250, K252, K254, K256, K260, K262, K264, K266, K270, K272, K274, K276, K280, K284, K286, K290, K625, K661, K920, K921, K922, H431, N02, R04, R58, T810, D629 OP:DR029 NPR (in+out) All DIA All OP -5yrs-0
sos_out_hosphf ICD:I110, I130, I132, I255, I420, I423, I425, I426, I427, I428, I429, I43, I50, J81, K761, R57 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospany ICD: NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospcv ICD:I, J81, K761, G45, R57 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospnoncv ICD:Not I, J81, K761, G45, R57 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospstroketia ICD:I60-4, G45 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospmi ICD:I21, I22 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospihd ICD:I20-5 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospventfib ICD:I490, I472 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospscd ICD:I461 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hosprespiratory ICD:J00-6, J09, J10-8 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hosppneumonia ICD:J09, J10-8 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hosprenal ICD:N17-9, KAS00, KAS10, KAS20, Z491, Z492 OP:DR014, DR015, DR016, DR020, DR012, DR013, DR023, DR024, TJA33, TJA35 NPR (in) HDIA All OP 1-
sos_out_hospcancer ICD:C NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospbleed ICD:S064, S065, S066, I850, I983, K226, K250, K252, K254, K256, K260, K262, K264, K266, K270, K272, K274, K276, K280, K284, K286, K290, K625, K661, K920, K921, K922, H431, N02, R04, R58, T810, D629 OP:DR029 NPR (in) HDIA All OP 1-
sos_out_hosphyperkalemia ICD:E875 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hosphypokalemia ICD:E876 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hospsyncope ICD:R55 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hosptrauma ICD:S, T0, T10-4 NPR (in) HDIA 1-
sos_out_hosprevasc OP:FNG, FNA, FNB, FNC, FND, FNE, FNF, FNH NPR (in) All OP 1-
sos_out_deathcv ICD:I, J81, K761, R57, G45 Cause of Death ULORSAK
sos_out_deathnoncv ICD:A-F, G (excl. 45), H, J (excl. 81), K (excl. 761), L-Q, R (excl. 57), S-Z Cause of Death ULORSAK
sos_out_deathscd ICD:I461 Cause of Death ULORSAK

Charlson comorbidity index

The ICD-10 codes used are not necessarily the same as in the other comorbidities and outcomes but
from https://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=61144 (with few exceptions
were the ICD codes are not available in the data extraction from SoS).

Variable Code Register Position Period
sos_com_cci_mi ICD:410, 412, I21, I22, I252 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_chf ICD:402A, 402B, 402X, 404A, 404B, 404X, 425E, 425F, 425H, 425W, 425X, 428, I110, I130, I132, I255, I420, I426-9, I43, I50 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_pvd ICD:440, 441, 443B, 443X, 447B, 557B, 557X, I70, I71, I731, I738, I739, I771, I790, I792, K558, K559 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_cd ICD:430-8, G45, I60-4, I67, I69 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_copd ICD:491, 492, 496, J43-4 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_copdother ICD:490, 493-5, 501-5, 506E, 508B, 508W, J41, J42, J45-7, J60-9, J70 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_rheumatic ICD:446, 710A-E, 714A, 714B, 714C, 714W, M05, M06, M123, M070-3, M08, M13, M30, M313-6, M32-4, M350, M351, M353, M45, M46 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_dementia ICD:290, 294B, 331C, F00-3, F051, G30, G311, G319 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_plegia ICD:342, 343, 344A-F, G114, G80-2, G830-3, G838 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_diabetes ICD:250A-C, E100, E101, E110, E111, E120, E121, E130, E131, E140, E141 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_diabetescompliation ICD:250D-G, E102-5, E107, E112-7, E122-7, E132-7, E142-7 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_renal ICD:403A, 403B, 403X, 582, 583, 585, 586, 588A, V42A, V45B, V56, N032-7, N052-7, N11, N18, N19, N250, I120, I131, Q611-4, Z49, Z940, Z992 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_livermild ICD:070C-G, 070X, 571C, 571E, 571F, 573D, 573E, 573W, 573X, B18, K709, K703, K73, K746, K703, K754 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_liverspec ICD:789F NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_livermodsev ICD:456A-C, 572C-E, I850, I859, I982, I983 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_pud ICD:531, 532, 534, K25-8 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_malignancy ICD:14-9, 200-8, C0-7, C80-6, C88-9, C90-7 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_metastatictumor ICD:196-8, 199A, 199B, C77-9, C80 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0
sos_com_cci_hiv ICD:B20-4, F024, Z219, Z711 NPR (in+out) All DIA -10yrs-0