The rates of new heart failure (HF) hospitalization among Chinese in Hong Kong between 2005 and 2012 were 0.59 per 1000 population per year for males and 0.58 per 1000 population per year for females.

In contrast to epidemiological studies from other Asian countries, the most prevalent comorbidities in our cohort were hypertension (69.8%) and coronary heart disease (29.3%).

The prognosis of new-onset HF was poor with high all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality for both HF with preserved ejection fraction and HF with reduced ejection fraction.