Effect of albumin-globulin score and albumin to globulin ratio on survival in patients with heart failure: a retrospective cohort study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the combined effect of albumin (ALB) and globulin (GLB) on the overall survival (OS) of patients with heart failure (HF).

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

A hospital.

Participants

404 patients first diagnosed with HF.

Measurements

Serum ALB and GLB were measured within 3 days after admission. The albumin to globulin ratio (AGR) was calculated as the ALB divided by the GLB. The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to calculate the cut-off points for ALB, GLB and AGR. Patients with low ALB levels (≤35.3 g/L) and high GLB levels (>27.0 g/L) were assigned an albumin-globulin score (AGS) of 2, those with only one of the two abnormalities were assigned an AGS of 1 and those with neither of the two abnormalities we

SUBMITTER: Li K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042582 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature