Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Association Between White Blood Cell-to-Haemoglobin Ratio and 30 Day Mortality in Heart Failure in Intensive Care Unit
Main finding · 30 day mortalityResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 1.16 95% CI 1.07–1.27Authors' conclusion
WHR was positively associated with and performed well to predict 30 day mortality
Study context
- Population
- Heart failure (HF) patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (MIMIC-III 2001–12 and MIMIC-IV 2008–19 databases)
- Participants
- 13,702 patients
- Exposure
- High vs low white blood cell-to-haemoglobin ratio
- Outcome
- 30 day mortality from ICU admission
- Follow-up
- 30 days
Main finding
30 day mortality
Hazard ratio
1.16
95% CI 1.07–1.27
P < 0.001
High WHRvs Low WHR
HR 1.16 (95% CI 1.07–1.27); P < 0.001
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Prediction of 30 day mortality by WHR
- AUC of WHR
- 0.751 (95% CI 0.746-0.756)
Original publication
Association Between White Blood Cell-to-Haemoglobin Ratio and 30 Day Mortality in Heart Failure in Intensive Care Unit. ESC Heart Fail. Published 28 November 2023. doi:10.
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