Bone status in men with heart failure: results from the Studies Investigating Co‐morbidities Aggravating Heart Failure

Aim To assess bone status expressed as hip bone mineral density (BMD) in men with heart failure (HF). Methods and results A total of 141 male patients with HF underwent dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry to assess their BMD. We analysed markers of bone metabolism. Patients were classified as lower versus higher BMD according to the median hip BMD (median = 1.162 g/cm2). Survival was assessed over 8 years of follow‐up. Patients with lower BMD were older (71 ± 10 vs. 66 ± 9 years, p = 0.004), more likely to be sarcopenic (37% vs. 7%, p