Coexisting morbidity burden in elderly hospitalized patients with and without heart failure
Abstract
Introduction: Aging, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and heart failure (HF) increase the coexisting morbidity (CM) burden. This study compared the contribution of HF to this increase in elderly patients hospitalized for CVD by comparing patients with and without HF.Methods: Consecutive patients aged > 65 years, hospitalized with CVD were included (104 with and 100 without HF). The prevalence of 10 common CM (hypertension, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, dyslipidemia, anemia, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep apnea, and cancer) was examined. The CM burden was assessed with the CM index (number of CM/patient) and multimorbidity (≥ 2 CM/patient).Results: The CM index was significantly higher [5(3-6) vs. 3(2-4), p<0.0001], whereas multimorbidity [94.2% vs. 86%, p=0.06] marginally higher in CVD patients with than those without HF. Ordinal regression with test of proportional lines revealed that in CVD patients with HF the odds for a h ...
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