PREDICTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN FUNCTIONALLY DISABLED ELDERLY – A POSSIBLE NEW SCORE / KARDIOVASKULARNI MORTALITET KOD FUNKCIONALNO ZAVISNIH STARIH OSOBA - MOGUĆI PREDIKTIVNI SKOR

Background: We investigated the traditional and new bio- markers as predictors of cardiovascular mortality in the func- tionally disabled elderly who are living in a community. Methods: This prospective study included 253 participants (78.3% women) aged 65 and over who were monitored for 32 months....

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Published in:Journal of medical biochemistry 2013-04, Vol.33 (2), p.181-190
Main Authors: Vasović, Olga, Lalić, Katarina, Trifunović, Danijela, Milić, Nataša, Jevremović, Ivan, Popović, Ljiljana, Paspalj, Dalibor, Milićević-Kalasić, Aleksandra, Ševo, Goran, Despotović, Nebojša, Erceg, Predrag, Milosevic, Dragoslav P.
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Language:English
Subjects:
C-reactive protein
C-reaktivni protein
cardiovascular risk
elderly
kardiovaskularni rizik,| malnutricija
malnutrition
stare osobe
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Summary:Background: We investigated the traditional and new bio- markers as predictors of cardiovascular mortality in the func- tionally disabled elderly who are living in a community. Methods: This prospective study included 253 participants (78.3% women) aged 65 and over who were monitored for 32 months. Receiver operating curve analysis and the Cox proportional hazard model were used to identify univariate and multivariate predictors of cardiovascular mortality. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Log rank test were used for survival analysis. Results: During the study, 43.1% participants died from car- diovascular diseases. Cutoff points of multivariate predictors were used to build a score system. The risk score was positive in patients with three or more of the following predictors: albumin
ISSN:1452-8258
1452-8266
DOI:10.2478/jomb-2013-0026