Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD

The most recent articles from: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis May 2017

Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis · May 2017

Comparative Study

Geriatric nutritional risk index as a nutritional and survival risk assessment tool in stable outpatients with systolic heart failure.

Malnutrition is frequent in heart failure (HF). However, the best tool for evaluating malnutrition in geriatric patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the incremental prognostic value of the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) in stable geriatric outpatients with HFrEF compared with a clinical/laboratory prognostic model. ⋯ The risk of malnutrition, as assessed by the GNRI, in stable geriatric outpatients with HFrEF is a strong independent predictor of survival. The GNRI adds significant prognostic information to the clinical/laboratory model.

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