Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Effect of Constipation on Readmission for Heart Failure in Patients with Acute Heart Failure
Main finding · Readmission due to HFResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 2.61 95% CI 1.38–4.94Authors' conclusion
Constipation status was strongly associated with a higher risk of readmission for heart failure in patients with acute heart failure.
Study context
- Population
- Patients admitted with acute HF, December 2020 to December 2022 (mean age 81 ± 13 years; 54% men)
- Participants
- 397 patients
- Exposure
- Constipation vs no constipation
- Outcome
- Readmission due to HF
- Follow-up
- Median 173 days
Methodological detailssingle-centre, propensity-score matched, 35 patients died and 74 were readmitted due to HF during follow-up
- Single-centre
- Propensity-score matched
- 35 patients died and 74 were readmitted due to HF during follow-up
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Hazard ratio
2.61
95% CI 1.38–4.94
P = 0.0032
Constipationvs No constipation
HR 2.61 (95% CI 1.38–4.94); P = 0.0032
- Higher risk with constipation, Kaplan-Meier before propensity score matching
- log-rank P = 0.014
- Higher risk with constipation, Kaplan-Meier after propensity score matching (14 variables)
- log-rank P = 0.0027
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-cause death | 1.76 (0.61–5.06) | P = 0.30 | |
| 0.20.5125Hazard ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Effect of Constipation on Readmission for Heart Failure in Patients with Acute Heart Failure. ESC Heart Fail. Published 29 December 2023. doi:10.
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