Nutritional status and energy intake as predictors of functional status after cardiac rehabilitation in elderly inpatients with heart failure ― A retrospective cohort study

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Background: Whether the short-term effect of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in elderly patients with heart failure (HF) is influenced by nutritional status is uncertain, so the present study investigated the effect of nutritional status on functional recovery after CR in elderly HF inpatients. Methods and Results: We enrolled 145 patients admitted for treatment of HF who were aged ≥65 years and had a low functional status defined as a Barthel index (BI) score ≤85 points at the commencement of CR. Nutritional status was assessed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) and total energy intake per day. The primary endpoint was functional status determined by the BI score at discharge. The median CR period was 20 days (interquartile range: 14–34 days), and 87 patients (60%) were functionally dependent (BI score ≤85) at discharge. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that MNA-SF score (odds ratio [OR]: 0.76, P=0.02) and total energy intake at the commencement of CR (OR: 0.91, P=0.02) were independent predictors of functional dependence after CR. MNA-SF score ≤7 and total energy intake ≤24.5 kcal/kg/day predicted functional dependence at discharge with moderate sensitivity and specificity. Conclusions: MNA-SF score and total energy intake at the commencement of CR are novel predictors of the extent of functional recovery of elderly HF inpatients after in-hospital CR.

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Katano, S., Hashimoto, A., Ohori, K., Watanabe, A., Honma, R., Yanase, R., … Miura, T. (2018). Nutritional status and energy intake as predictors of functional status after cardiac rehabilitation in elderly inpatients with heart failure ― A retrospective cohort study. Circulation Journal, 82(6), 1584–1591. https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-17-1202

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