Key result
A comorbidity index was an independent predictor of clinical events in cardiac rehabilitation patients (OR 1.23; 95% CI 1.03-1.47), improving risk stratification when combined with standard criteria.
Why the study?
Does the addition of a noncardiac comorbidity index to standard risk stratification criteria improve the prediction of clinical events in cardiac rehabilitation patients?
Observational (n=490)
Does the addition of a noncardiac comorbidity index to standard risk stratification criteria improve the prediction of clinical events in cardiac rehabilitation patients?
Odds Ratio: 1.23 (95% CI 1.03–1.47)
Supplementing standard cardiac risk stratification with a noncardiac comorbidity index improves the prediction of clinical events in cardiac rehabilitation patients.
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May improve event prediction in cardiac rehabilitation when added to standard criteria; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Zoghbi et al. (2004) conducted an observational in Ischemic heart disease in cardiac rehabilitation (n=490). Comorbidity index (CMI) was evaluated on Clinical events (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.03-1.47). A comorbidity index was an independent predictor of clinical events in cardiac rehabilitation patients (OR 1.23; 95% CI 1.03-1.47), improving risk stratification when combined with standard criteria.
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