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Trial reportArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2021

A Simple Clinical Risk Score to Predict Post-Discharge Mortality in Chinese Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure.

Lei Wang, Li-Qin Wang, Mo-Li Gu, Liang Li, Chen Wang, Yun-Feng Xia

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Trial report in Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Lei WangDepartamento de Medicina Geriátrica, the Fourth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng - China.ORCID 0000-0002-8896-8176
Li-Qin WangDepartamento de Enfermagem, the Eighth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng - China.ORCID 0000-0001-6816-3875
Mo-Li GuDepartamento de Medicina Geriátrica, the Fourth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng - China.ORCID 0000-0001-7369-6131
Liang LiDepartamento de Medicina Geriátrica, the Fourth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng - China.ORCID 0000-0003-3814-8185
Chen WangDepartamento de Medicina Geriátrica, the Fourth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng - China.ORCID 0000-0003-3778-2782
Yun-Feng XiaDepartamento de Medicina Geriátrica, the Fourth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng - China.ORCID 0000-0002-2497-629X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in China. However, present efforts to identify the risk factors for death in patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) are primarily focused on in-hospital mortality and 30-day mortality in the United States. Thus, a model similar to the model used for predicting the risk in patients considered for cardiovascular surgical procedures is needed to evaluate the risk of the patients admitted with a diagnosis of HF.

objectiveTo identify variables that can predict post-discharge one-year HF mortality and develop a risk score to assess the risk of dying within one year.

methodsIn the present study, 1,742 Chinese patients with HF were randomly divided into two groups: a derivation sample group and a test sample group. A Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation method was used to identify variables that can predict the one-year post-discharge mortality. Variables with a frequency of >1% in the bivariate analysis and that were considered clinically meaningful were eligible for further modeling analyses. The posterior probability that a variable was statistically and significantly associated with the outcome was calculated as the total number of times that the variable's 95% CI did not overlap with 1 (i.e., the reference point) divided by the total number of iterations. A variable with a probability of 0.9 or higher was considered a robust risk factor for predicting the outcome, and this was included in the final variable list. The level of statistical significance adopted was 5%.

resultsFive variables that could robustly predict the one-year post-discharge mortality were identified: age, female gender, New York Heart Association functional classification score >3, left atrial diameter, and body mass index. Both derivation and test models had a receiver operating curve area of 0.79. These selected variables were used to assess the one-year HF mortality risk score, and these were divided into three groups (low, moderate, and high). The high-risk group corresponds to nearly 86% of the deaths, while the moderate group corresponds to 12% of the deaths.

conclusionA simple 5-variable risk score can be used to assess the one-year post-discharge mortality of hospitalized Chinese patients with HF.

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Heart FailurePatient DischargeAftercareChinaFemaleHospitalizationHumansPrognosisRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsUnited States

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