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通过年龄和性别来预测扩张型心肌病患者全因死亡率的实用性:一个单中心队列研究

 

Authors Li X, Cai C, Luo R, Jiang R, Zeng J, Tang Y, Chen Y, Fu M, He T, Hua W
Received 14 May 2015
Accepted for publication 6 August 2015
Published 16 September 2015 Volume 2015:10 Pages 1479—1486
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S88565
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Editor who approved publication:  Professor Zhi-Ying Wu

Objective: Recent studies have shown that sex and age are associated with outcomes in patients with cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this study was to determine the all-cause mortality of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) by age and sex.
Methods and results: The patients were divided into non-elderly (age <60 years, n=811) and elderly (age ≥60 years, n=331) groups. No difference in the all-cause mortality rate was observed between elderly and non-elderly patients (27.2% vs 22.2%, log-rank χ 
2=2.604, =0.107). Furthermore, no significant difference in mortality was observed between the male and female patients (23.3% vs 24.5%, log-rank χ 2=0.707, =0.400). However, subgroup analysis revealed that elderly male patients exhibited a higher mortality rate than non-elderly male patients (29.4% vs 21.3%, log-rank χ 2=5.898, =0.015), while no difference was observed between the elderly female patients and non-elderly female patients. In the Cox analysis, neither age nor sex was a significant independent predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with DCM.
Conclusion: In conclusion, no significant difference in mortality between male and female patients or between the elderly and non-elderly patients was observed. Only among males was a difference in mortality observed; elderly male patients experienced greater mortality than that of non-elderly male patients. No effect of age or sex on all-cause mortality was observed in patients with DCM.
Keywords: elderly, sex, dilated cardiomyopathy, prognosis