Age- and sex-specific muscle health cut-offs improve prognostic accuracy in older patients with heart failure: a secondary analysis of a nationwide, multicenter cohort registry - PubMed
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- Age- and sex-specific muscle health cut-offs improve prognostic accuracy in older heart failure patients.
- Study analyzed 9693 patients aged ≥65 years from a nationwide, multicenter cohort registry.
- Five muscle health metrics assessed: arm/calf circumference, handgrip strength, gait speed, and Short Physical Performance Battery.
- Age- and sex-specific cut-offs showed robust associations with 1-year all-cause mortality (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.44-3.25).
- These cut-offs outperformed fixed criteria by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (2019).
- Improvements in model fit, reclassification, and discrimination were significant (Akaike information criterion: 8.1-119.4).
- Individualized approach supports precise risk stratification and personalized geriatric heart failure care.