Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Assessed by Two Scoring Systems in Hospitalised Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is common yet underrecognised in elderly patients (≥65 years) with chronic heart failure (CHF) and may accelerate disease progression through cytokine activation, autonomic dysfunction and cachexia. Early identification may improve risk stratification, but standardised diagnostic criteria are lacking. Inflammatory markers such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) may influence both the presence and prognostic implications of malnutrition, but their interaction with nutritional indices remains poorly understood. This study examined the prevalence and prognostic significance of malnutrition using Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) and Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI).

Methods

SUBMITTER: El-Sheikh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12590399 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature