Why the study?
Does a high serum resistin level predict adverse clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure?
Population
126 patients hospitalized for heart failure and 18 control subjects
Comparison
High serum resistin level (>14.1 ng/ml) vs Normal serum resistin level (≤14.1 ng/ml)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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High resistin levels were associated with cardiac events in hospitalized HF; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Does a high serum resistin level predict adverse clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure?
Elevated serum resistin is associated with increased heart failure severity and independently predicts cardiac death and worsening heart failure re-hospitalization.
Takeishi et al. (2007) studied this question.
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