Lower Extremity Function Is Independently Associated With Hospitalization Burden in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty reflects decreased resilience to physiological stressors; its prevalence and prognosis are not fully defined in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Methods

The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) was prospectively obtained in 114 outpatients with HFpEF. The SPPB tests gait speed, tandem balance, and timed chair rises, each scored from 0 to 4 points. Severe and mild frailty were respectively defined as an SPPB score ≤6 and 7-9 points. We used risk-adjusted logistic, Poisson, and negative binominal regression, respectively, to assess the relationship between SPPB score and risk of death or all-cause hospitalization, number of hospitalizations, and days hospitalized or dead longer than 6 months.

Results

Patients were similar t

SUBMITTER: Hornsby WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6878662 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature