The Prognostic Value of Serum Calcium Levels in Elderly Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients

• DOI: 10.5334/gh.1304
• Publication Date: 2024-02-28T11:00:26Z
• Authors: Xinyi Li; Wenfei He; Qiqi Song; Qingshan Ding; Xiaonan Zhang; Zhigang Zeng; Weiping Deng; Gang Deng; Lichang Guan; Wanzi Hong; Yaoxin Liu; Fen Shu; Lishu Xu; Ning Tan; Jinjin Ma; Lei Jiang
• Keywords: Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Univariate analysis

Background: It is unclear whether serum calcium on admission associated with clinical outcomes in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). In this study, we conducted a retrospective study spanning decade to investigate the prognostic value of baseline elderly patients DCM. Methods: A total 1,089 consecutive (age ≥60 years) diagnosed DCM were retrospectively enrolled from January 2010 December 2019. Univariate and multivariate analyses performed association their outcomes. Results: average age subjects was 68.36 ± 6.31 years. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that level had great sensitivity specificity for predicting in-hospital death, an AUC 0.732. Kaplan–Meier survival >8.62 mg/dL better prognosis than those ≤8.62 (log-rank χ2 40.84, p < 0.001). After adjusting several common risk factors, related higher long-term mortality (HR: 1.449; 95% CI: 1.115~1.882; = 0.005). Conclusions: Serum could be served as simple affordable tool evaluate patients'