Cardiac Rehabilitation for Older Women with Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

the role that sex plays in impacting cardiac rehabilitation (CR) outcomes remains an important gap in knowledge.

Methods

we assessed sex differences in clinical and functional outcomes in 2345 older patients with heart failure (HF) admitted to inpatient CR. Three outcomes were considered: (1) the composite outcome of death during the index admission to CR or transfer to acute care; (2) three-year mortality; (3) change in six-minute walking distance (6MWD) from admission to discharge. Sex differences in outcomes were assessed using multivariable Cox or logistic regression models.

Results

the hazard ratios of the composite outcome and of three-year mortality for females vs. males were 0.71 (95%CI:0.50-1.00; p = 0.049) and 0.68 (95%CI:0.59-0.79; p

SUBMITTER: Scrutinio D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9785443 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature