Clinical impact of compound sarcopenia in hospitalized older adult patients with heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Skeletal muscle loss or sarcopenia is a frequent complication in heart failure (HF) and contributes to adverse clinical outcomes. We evaluated if age (primary) and chronic disease (secondary) related sarcopenia, that we refer to as compound sarcopenia, impacts clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with HF.

Design

Cross-sectional study using hospitalized patient data.

Setting

Data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality through the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).

Participants

Hospitalized adult patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of HF (n = 64,476) and a concurrent random 2% sample of general medical population (GMP; n = 322,217) stratified by age (<50 years of age [y], 51-65y, >65y) from the Nationwide Inpa

SUBMITTER: Attaway A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8273144 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature