Low Serum Total Cholesterol Level is a Surrogate Marker, But Not a Risk Factor, for Poor Outcome in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure: A Report From the Korean Heart Failure Registry
- Authors
- Yoon, Chang-Hwan; Youn, Tae-Jin; Ahn, Soyeon; Choi, Dong-Ju; Cho, Goo-Young; Chae, In-Ho; Choi, Ji; Cho, Hyungjun; Han, Seongwoo; Cho, Myeong-Chan; Jeon, Eun-Seok; Chae, Shung Chull; Kim, Jae-Joong; Ryu, Kyu-Hyung; Oh, Byung-Hee
- Issue Date
- 3월-2012
- Publisher
- CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE INC MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- Heart failure; hypercholesterolemia; risk factors; prognosis
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE, v.18, no.3, pp.194 - 201
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 194
- End Page
- 201
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/105387
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.12.006
- ISSN
- 1071-9164
- Abstract
- Background: Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for incident coronary artery disease and the prevalence of heart failure (HF). The causal relationship between low total cholesterol (TC) levels and poor clinical outcome in patients with acute HF has not been investigated. This study evaluated the effect of cholesterol levels on the long-term outcome in patients hospitalized due to acute HF. Methods and Results: We analyzed a cohort of 2,797 HF patients who were eligible for analysis in 3,200 patients of the Korean Heart Failure Registry. Patients were stratified into quartiles of TC (Q1 <133, Q2 133-158, Q3 159-190, and Q4 >190 mg/dL). Propensity score matching was performed with the patients in Ql and Q4. Patients with lower serum TC had lower blood pressure, lower hemoglobin, lower serum sodium, and higher natriuretic peptide levels than patients with higher TC levels. Low TC was associated with increased risks for death and readmission due to HF; the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of Q1 compared with Q4 was 1.57 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.30-1.90). However, propensity score matching analysis revealed that low cholesterol itself did not affect outcome (HR 1.12, 95% CI 0.85-1.48). Conclusions: Low TC is strongly associated with mortality and morbidity in patients with HF. However, low TC seemed to be a secondary result of the patient's state rather than an independent risk factor for poor outcome. (J Cardiac Fail 2012;18:194-201)
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