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Table 9 Frequency of symptoms and signs of heart failure recorded in patients who had limited evidence of HF and were excluded from analysis

From: The epidemiology of heart failure in the general Australian community - study of heart failure in the Australian primary carE setting (SHAPE): methods

Symptoms or sign

Frequency recorded

PND

26.1%

Ankle oedema

23.1%

Weight gain

19.7%

Rales

8.7%

Ankle swelling

6.0%

Crepitations

4.4%

Leg swelling

4.0%

Pitting oedema

1.7%

Leg oedema

1.0%

Peripheral oedema

1.0%