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CONUT Score as a Predictor of Mortality Risk in Acute and Chronic Heart Failure: A Meta-Analytic Review.

Diana Andreea Fărcaș, Anda Cerghizan, Raluca Maior, Andreea-Cornelia Mîndrilă, Monica Tarcea

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Diana Andreea FărcașEmergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation of Târgu Mureș, 540136 Târgu Mureș, Romania.ORCID 0009-0002-0346-3177
Anda CerghizanClinic of Internal Medicine II, Emergency Clinical Hospital of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Raluca MaiorDoctoral School, G.E. Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology from Târgu Mureș, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Andreea-Cornelia MîndrilăClinic of Internal Medicine II, Emergency Clinical Hospital of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Monica TarceaDepartment of Community Nutrition and Food Safety, Faculty of Medicine, G.E. Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology from Târgu Mureș, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7299-118X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) is a major global health burden and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Nutritional status has emerged as an essential factor influencing outcomes in HF, with the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score gaining attention as a simple, objective marker derived from serum albumin, total cholesterol, and lymphocyte count. This meta-analysis evaluated the prognostic value of the CONUT score in predicting all-cause mortality in patients with acute and chronic heart failure. A systematic search was conducted in the PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library databases for the past ten years, using combinations of keywords such as "heart failure", "CONUT score", "malnutrition", and "mortality". Studies were included if they reported hazard ratios (HRs) for all-cause mortality in relation to CONUT score categories in adult HF populations. Eight eligible studies comprising 15,761 patients were included. Pooled analysis showed that higher CONUT scores were significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality (pooled HR = 1.47; 95% CI: 1.30-1.66). Despite substantial heterogeneity (

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Heart FailureNutritional StatusNutrition AssessmentAcute DiseaseBiomarkersCholesterolChronic DiseaseHumansLymphocyte CountMalnutritionPrognosisRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSerum AlbuminBiomarkersCholesterolSerum AlbuminCONUT scoreheart failuremalnutritionmortalitynutritional screeningnutritional statusrisk stratification

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