Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Correlates of Malnutrition in Patients with Heart Failure: The Role of Social Support
Authors' conclusion
Besides the clinical conditions affecting the risk of malnutrition in patients with HF, social support may play an important role.
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalised with heart failure (HF) in a heart centre in Shiraz, Iran, March–November 2022; mean age 64.2 ± 11.2 years
- Participants
- 320 patients
- Exposure
- Normal nutritional status vs At risk of malnutrition vs Malnourished
- Normal nutritional statusn = 110reference
- At risk of malnutritionn = 151
- Malnourishedn = 58
- Outcome
- Malnutrition (Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short Form) and its correlates (ordinal logistic regression)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Correlates of increased malnutrition risk (multivariate ordinal logistic regression, adjusted OR)
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)P value
NYHA classificationhigher NYHA classification associated with increased risk
1.26(1.02–1.56)
P = 0.03Duration of diseaselonger duration associated with increased risk
1.006(1.001–1.01)
P = 0.006Serum albuminlower serum albumin associated with increased risk
0.25(0.08–0.75)
P = 0.01Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Correlates of Malnutrition in Patients with Heart Failure: The Role of Social Support. ESC Heart Fail. Published 14 December 2023. doi:10.
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