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ArticleZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2015

Association of anemia and hypoalbuminemia in German geriatric inpatients: Relationship to nutritional status and comprehensive geriatric assessment.

G Röhrig, I Becker, M C Polidori, R-J Schulz, M Noreik

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Article in Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

G RöhrigUniversity of Cologne, Medical Faculty and St. Marien-Hospital, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany. gabriele.roehrig@uk-koeln.de.
I BeckerInstitute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
M C PolidoriUniversity of Cologne, Medical Faculty, Cologne, Germany.
R-J SchulzDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, St. Marien-Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
M NoreikDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, St. Marien-Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
St. Marien Hospital · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAnemia and hypoalbuminemia (HA) are acknowledged independent risk factors for morbidity and mortality in geriatric patients and are associated with nutritional status and frailty. Data exist regarding the association between albumin and frailty, anemia and frailty as well as frailty and nutritional status; however, there is a lack of information on the association between HA, anemia and nutritional status in older people. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis study retrospectively analyzed 626 patients admitted to a German geriatrics department (average age 81.1 years, 68.2% female and 31.8% male) for anemia and HA. Data from the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and from the mini-nutritional assessment (MNA) were available in all patients.

resultsPatients with anemia suffered significantly more often from HA (p<0.001) than patients without anemia, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.99 (95% confidence interval CI: 1.2-3.2) and of 5.41 (CI 95%: 2.3-12.6) in patients at risk for malnutrition and in malnourished patients, respectively. A moderately significant association was seen between hemoglobin (Hb) and albumin values (Pearson's correlation r=0.330; p<0.001) as well as between albumin values and the Barthel index (Spearman's correlation r=0.210; p<0.001).

conclusionAnemia appears to be a risk factor for HA in inpatients with malnutrition and the observed association between albumin and Hb warrants further research. Geriatric inpatients with anemia should be evaluated in terms of the presence of malnutrition risk and HA.

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Nutritional StatusAged, 80 and overAnemiaComorbidityFemaleFrail ElderlyGeriatric AssessmentGermanyHemoglobinsHospitalizationHumansHypoalbuminemiaMalePrevalenceRisk FactorsSerum AlbuminHemoglobinsSerum AlbuminAlbuminAnemiaGeriatricsHemoglobinNutritional status

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