Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score as a predictor of all-cause mortality in elderly hypertensive patients: a prospective follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of nutritional status on survival per Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score and Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) in patients with hypertension over 80 years of age.

Design

Prospective follow-up study.

Participants

A total of 336 hypertensive patients over 80 years old were included in this study.

Outcome measures

All-cause deaths were recorded as Kaplan-Meier curves to evaluate the association between CONUT and all-cause mortality at follow-up. Cox regression models were used to investigate the prognostic value of CONUT and GNRI for all-cause mortality in the 90-day period after admission.

Results

Hypertensive patients with higher CONUT scores exhibited higher mortality within 90

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623525 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature