Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Association of Lactate/Albumin Ratio with 3-Month Readmission Risk in Heart Failure Patients: A Retrospective Study
Main finding · 3-month readmissionResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 1.60 95% CI 1.19–2.16Authors' conclusion
Higher LAR significantly correlates with increased 3-month readmission risk in Chinese adult patients with HF
Study context
- Population
- Chinese adults with heart failure (HF), Zigong Fourth People's Hospital, Sichuan, China (December 2016 to June 2019)
- Participants
- 957 adults
- Exposure
- Lactate/albumin ratio (LAR) tertiles
- Outcome
- Readmission
- Follow-up
- 3 months
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
3-month readmission
Hazard ratio
1.60
95% CI 1.19–2.16
LAR tertiles (tertile 3 vs tertiles 1 and 2)
HR 1.60 (95% CI 1.19–2.16)
As reported in the abstract
- Tertile 3 (≥−0.48) higher risk than tertile 1 (<−0.83) and tertile 2 [−0.83, −0.48); HRs (95% CI) as printed, respectively
- 1.49 (1.06-2.10), 1.43 (1.01-2.02), 1.48 (1.03-2.12)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Association of Lactate/Albumin Ratio with 3-Month Readmission Risk in Heart Failure Patients: A Retrospective Study. ESC Heart Fail. Published 13 April 2024. doi:10.
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