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Frailty and Post-hospitalization Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Authors :
Parag Goyal
Brian Yum
Emily B. Levitan
Byron C. Jaeger
Ligong Chen
Pedram Navid
Dae Hyun Kim
Jason D. Roh
Source :
Am J Cardiol
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2021.

Abstract

Given the role of comorbid conditions in the pathophysiology of HFpEF, we aimed to identify and rank the importance of comorbid conditions associated with post-hospitalization outcomes of older adults hospitalized for HFpEF. We examined data from 4605 Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized in 2007–2014 for HFpEF based on ICD-9-CM codes for acute diastolic heart failure (428.31 or 428.33). To identify characteristics with high importance for prediction of mortality, all-cause rehospitalization, rehospitalization for heart failure, and composite outcome of mortality or all-cause rehospitalization up to 1 year, we developed boosted decision tree ensembles for each outcome, separately. For interpretability, we estimated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using Cox proportional hazards models. Age and frailty were the most important characteristics for prediction of mortality. Frailty was the most important characteristic for prediction of rehospitalization, rehospitalization for heart failure, and the composite outcome of mortality or all-cause rehospitalization. In Cox proportional hazards models, a 1-SD higher frailty score (0.1 on theoretical range of 0–1) was associated with a HR of 1.27 (1.06–1.52) for mortality, 1.16 (1.07–1.25) for all-cause rehospitalization, 1.24 (1.14–1.35) for HF rehospitalization, and 1.15 (1.07–1.25) for the composite outcome of mortality or all-cause rehospitalization. In conclusion, frailty is an important predictor of mortality and rehospitalization in adults aged [Formula: see text] 66 years with HFpEF.

Details

ISSN :
00029149
Volume :
148
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The American Journal of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....12f82d6ef1a43d35f9700790b9a504c3