Performance of the Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure Score in Black Patients Compared With Whites.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Risk stratification is critical in heart failure (HF) and the Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic HF (MAGGIC) score is a validated tool derived from ~40,000 patients. However, few of these patients self-identified as black, raising uncertainty regarding performance in blacks with HF.

Methods and results

This study analyzed a racially diverse group of 4046 patients (1646 black and 2400 white) from a single center from 2007 to 2015. Baseline characteristics were collected to tabulate MAGGIC score and test its discrimination and calibration within race groups. The primary end point was all-cause mortality. Death was detected using system records and the social security death master file. Discrimination was tested using Cox models of MAGGIC score stratified by race,

SUBMITTER: Radjef R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613810 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature