Serum albumin and risks of hospitalization and death: Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether lower serum albumin in community-dwelling, older adults is associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death independent of pre-existing disease.

Design

Prospective cohort study of participants in the fifth visit of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Baseline data were collected from 2011 to 2013. Follow-up was available to December 31, 2017. Replication was performed in Geisinger, a health system in rural Pennsylvania.

Setting

For ARIC, four US communities: Washington County, Maryland; Forsyth County, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; and suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Participants

A total of 4947 community-dwelling men and women aged 66 to 90 years.

Exposure

Serum albumin.

Main out

SUBMITTER: Shannon CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582595 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature