Background: Low body mass index (BMI) has been linked with congestive heart failure mortality. However,
genderspecific
BMIrelated
clinical outcome measures are not well defined. Aim: We examined the
correlation between BMI gender variability and clinical mortality, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), transient
ischaemic attack (TIA), composite outcome of myocardial infarction (MI), unexplained syncope, infection and
bleeding outcome measures of heart failure in patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Methods: A
group of 166 consecutive HFrEF patients, 37 females and 129 males, were enrolled in a prospective HFrEF
singlecentre
registry from December 2014 to December 2015. Results: Males with lower BMI had higher
composite MI/CVA/mortality, (42% vs. 25%, P = 0.05) for BMI of 25.9 ± 5.3 vs. 29.8 ± 7.2 kg/m2, P = 0.08.
They also showed higher rates of CVA/TIA/unexplained syncope than the highBMI
males (23% vs. 4.1%, P
= 0.01 for BMI of 23.9 ± 5.4 vs. 28.4 ± 6.1 kg/m2, P = 0.018). However, length of stay (LOS) at the hospital
was shorter for lowBMI
females (3.6 ± 2.4 vs. 9.7 ± 8.15, P = 0.024 for BMI 29.7 ± 6.2 vs. 35.8 ± 7.2
kg/m2, P = 0.01). LowBMI
females had lower rates of infection/bleeding (26% vs. 0%, p = 0.001 for BMI of
35.8 ± 7.2 vs. 27.8 ± 4.9 kg/m2). Conclusion: Among the examined HFrEF patients, low BMI in males was
associated with high incidence of MI/CVA/mortality and composite rates of CVA/TIA/unexplained syncope.
Low BMI in females was associated with low allcause
infection/bleeding rate and short LOS. |
