Analysis of anemia in chronic heart failure / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the correlation between the incidence and characteristics of anemia in chronic heart failure population through retrospective analysis of patients hospitalized at the Hunan Provincial People's Hospital.Methods A total of 259 patients who were diagnosed as chronic heart failure (CHF) and hospitalized at the Hunan Provincial People's Hospital from October to November in 2012 was collected,and divided into cardiac function Ⅰ ～ Ⅳ grade,then their clinical characteristics was analyzed.Results (1)Compared with CHF patients without anemia,the creatinine value was significantly higher,the percentage of patients with severe heart failure was significantly higher in the CHF patients with anemia (P＜ 0.05).(2) Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that age (95％ CI:1.123 ～ 3.580,P ＜ 0.05),renal insufficiency (95％ CI:1.320 ～ 4.845,P ＜ 0.05),and cardiac function (95 ％ CI:1.368 ～ 3.385,P ＜ 0.05) in patients with heart failure were important risk factors for anemia.Conclusions Anemia was common in CHF patients.The poorer cardiac function was and the lower hemoglobin was,the higher incidence of anemia was.The patients with anemia had the characteristics of worse renal function and poorer nutritional status compared patients without anemia.Age,renal insufficiency,and cardiac function were important risk factors for anemia.