Sex differences in the nutritional status and its association with long-term prognosis in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a prospective cohort study.

Marta Kaluzna-Oleksy Helena Krysztofiak Filip Sawczak Agata Kukfisz Magdalena Szczechla Aleksandra Soloch Maria Cierzniak Alicja Szubarga Katarzyna Przytarska Magdalena Dudek Izabella Uchmanowicz Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj

Published in: European journal of cardiovascular nursing (2024)

There were no sex differences in the nutritional status in the HFrEF patients, apart from lower BMI in females. Impaired nutritional status was not associated with mortality in both men and women.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
body mass index
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
cardiovascular events
coronary artery disease
physical activity