Differential effect of malnutrition between patients hospitalized with new-onset heart failure and worsening of chronic heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to investigate the differences in the prevalence, severity, and prognostic impact of malnutrition between patients with new-onset heart failure (HF) and worsening of chronic HF.

Methods and results

In older (≥60 years) hospitalized patients with acute HF, malnutrition was assessed according to the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI). A score <92 was defined as malnutrition. The primary endpoint was a composite endpoint, including cardiac death or rehospitalization for HF. Among 210 patients, 37% (52/142) of patients with new-onset HF and 31% (21/68) of patients with worsening of chronic HF had malnutrition (P = 0.41). The GNRI classification was comparable between the two groups. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed a significant difference in the incidence of th

SUBMITTER: Matsumura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature