Long-term outcomes for heart failure patients with and without diabetes: From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly prevalent condition among heart failure (HF) patients. The long-term morbidity and mortality among patients with and without diabetes with HF with reduced (HFrEF), borderline (HFbEF), and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are not well described.

Methods

Using the Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)-HF Registry linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services claims data, we evaluated differences between HF patients with and without diabetes. Adjusted Cox proportional-hazard models controlling for patient and hospital characteristics were used to evaluate mortality and readmission outcomes.

Results

A cohort of 86,659 HF patients aged ≥65 years was followed for 3 years from discharge. Unadjusted all-cause mortality was betw

SUBMITTER: Ziaeian B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664459 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature