Lower socioeconomic status predicts higher mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure
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Lower socioeconomic status predicts higher mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure. / Schrage, Benedikt; Lund, Lars H; Benson, Lina; Stolfo, Davide; Ohlsson, Anna; Westerling, Ragnar; Westermann, Dirk; Strömberg, Anna; Dahlström, Ulf; Braunschweig, Frieder; Ferreira, João Pedro; Savarese, Gianluigi.
in: HEART, Jahrgang 107, Nr. 3, 02.2021, S. 229-236.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Lower socioeconomic status predicts higher mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure
AU - Schrage, Benedikt
AU - Lund, Lars H
AU - Benson, Lina
AU - Stolfo, Davide
AU - Ohlsson, Anna
AU - Westerling, Ragnar
AU - Westermann, Dirk
AU - Strömberg, Anna
AU - Dahlström, Ulf
AU - Braunschweig, Frieder
AU - Ferreira, João Pedro
AU - Savarese, Gianluigi
N1 - © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - OBJECTIVE: It is not fully understood whether and how socioeconomic status (SES) has a prognostic impact in patients with heart failure (HF). We assessed SES and its association with patient characteristics and outcomes in a contemporary and well-characterised HF cohort.METHODS: Socioeconomic risk factors (SERF) were defined in the Swedish HF Registry based on income (low vs high according to the annual median value), education level (no degree/compulsory school vs university/secondary school) and living arrangement (living alone vs cohabitating).RESULTS: Of 44 631 patients, 21% had no, 33% one, 30% two and 16% three SERF. Patient characteristics strongly and independently associated with lower SES were female sex and no specialist referral. Additional independent associations were older age, more severe HF, heavier comorbidity burden, use of diuretics and less use of HF devices. Lower SES was associated with higher risk of HF hospitalisation/mortality, and overall cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular events. These associations persisted after extensive adjustment for patient characteristics, treatments and care. The magnitude of the association increased linearly with the increasing number of coexistent SERF: HR (95% CI) 1.09 (1.05 to 1.13) for one, 1.16 (1.12 to 1.20) for two and 1.22 (1.18 to 1.28) for three SERF (p<0.01).CONCLUSIONS: In a contemporary and well-characterised HF cohort and after comprehensive adjustment for confounders, lower SES was linked with multiple factors such as less use of HF devices and age, but most strongly with female sex and lack of specialist referral; and associated with greater risk of morbidity/mortality.
AB - OBJECTIVE: It is not fully understood whether and how socioeconomic status (SES) has a prognostic impact in patients with heart failure (HF). We assessed SES and its association with patient characteristics and outcomes in a contemporary and well-characterised HF cohort.METHODS: Socioeconomic risk factors (SERF) were defined in the Swedish HF Registry based on income (low vs high according to the annual median value), education level (no degree/compulsory school vs university/secondary school) and living arrangement (living alone vs cohabitating).RESULTS: Of 44 631 patients, 21% had no, 33% one, 30% two and 16% three SERF. Patient characteristics strongly and independently associated with lower SES were female sex and no specialist referral. Additional independent associations were older age, more severe HF, heavier comorbidity burden, use of diuretics and less use of HF devices. Lower SES was associated with higher risk of HF hospitalisation/mortality, and overall cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular events. These associations persisted after extensive adjustment for patient characteristics, treatments and care. The magnitude of the association increased linearly with the increasing number of coexistent SERF: HR (95% CI) 1.09 (1.05 to 1.13) for one, 1.16 (1.12 to 1.20) for two and 1.22 (1.18 to 1.28) for three SERF (p<0.01).CONCLUSIONS: In a contemporary and well-characterised HF cohort and after comprehensive adjustment for confounders, lower SES was linked with multiple factors such as less use of HF devices and age, but most strongly with female sex and lack of specialist referral; and associated with greater risk of morbidity/mortality.
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Female
KW - Heart Failure/complications
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Morbidity
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Social Class
U2 - 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317216
DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317216
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 32769169
VL - 107
SP - 229
EP - 236
JO - HEART
JF - HEART
SN - 1355-6037
IS - 3
ER -
