PMID- 30616882 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201005 LR - 20201005 IS - 1532-1983 (Electronic) IS - 0261-5614 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Dec TI - Mini nutritional assessment is a better predictor of mortality than subjective global assessment in heart failure out-patients. PG - 2740-2746 LID - S0261-5614(18)32566-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.12.001 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND & AIMS: There is no consensus on the best method for nutritional screening and assessment in patients with heart failure (HF). This study aimed to determine which nutritional assessment method had the highest prognostic significance for patients with HF treated in outpatient clinics. We also aimed to identify a fast, reliable screening method for detecting malnutrition in these patients. METHODS: This prospective study included 151 subjects that attended an outpatient HF clinic at a university hospital. All patients completed three nutritional screening tools: the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), the MNA-short form (MNA-SF), and the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST), and then, two nutritional assessment questionnaires: the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and the Mini Nutritional Assessment(R)(MNA). Patients were followed-up for 2 years. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality. RESULTS: Malnutrition or nutritional risk was identified in 15.9% of patients with the SGA and in 25.1% of patients with the MNA. Age, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, and MNA were the only independent all-cause death predictors after adjusting for age, gender, NYHA functional class, body mass index, Barthel index, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers, and treatment with beta-blockers. The SGA could not independently predict all-cause mortality in a multivariate analysis that included the same covariates. The MNA-SF had the best sensitivity, specificity, and kappa coefficient for screening malnutrition, based on the MNA and the SGA as references, compared to the other screening methods. CONCLUSIONS: In our cohort, malnutrition assessed by MNA, but not by SGA, was an independent predictor of mortality. MNA-SF showed remarkable sensitivity and specificity; thus, it might be a valuable tool for rapidly identifying malnutrition risk in outpatients with HF. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved. FAU - Joaquin, Clara AU - Joaquin C AD - Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; ICREC Research Program, Fundacio Institut d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain. Electronic address: clara.joaquim@gmail.com. FAU - Puig, Rocio AU - Puig R AD - Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; ICREC Research Program, Fundacio Institut d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain. FAU - Gastelurrutia, Paloma AU - Gastelurrutia P AD - ICREC Research Program, Fundacio Institut d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain; CIBERCV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Lupon, Josep AU - Lupon J AD - CIBERCV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Heart Failure Unit and Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - de Antonio, Marta AU - de Antonio M AD - CIBERCV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Heart Failure Unit and Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Domingo, Mar AU - Domingo M AD - Heart Failure Unit and Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. FAU - Moliner, Pedro AU - Moliner P AD - Heart Failure Unit and Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. FAU - Zamora, Elisabet AU - Zamora E AD - CIBERCV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Heart Failure Unit and Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Martin, Mariona AU - Martin M AD - Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; ICREC Research Program, Fundacio Institut d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain. FAU - Alonso, Nuria AU - Alonso N AD - Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; ICREC Research Program, Fundacio Institut d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain. FAU - Puig-Domingo, Manel AU - Puig-Domingo M AD - Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; ICREC Research Program, Fundacio Institut d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Bayes-Genis, Antoni AU - Bayes-Genis A AD - ICREC Research Program, Fundacio Institut d'Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain; CIBERCV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Heart Failure Unit and Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20181210 PL - England TA - Clin Nutr JT - Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) JID - 8309603 RN - 1406-16-2 (Vitamin D) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Ambulatory Care MH - Female MH - *Heart Failure/epidemiology/mortality/physiopathology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Malnutrition/diagnosis/epidemiology MH - Middle Aged MH - *Nutrition Assessment MH - Nutritional Status/*physiology MH - Prospective Studies MH - Quality of Life MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Vitamin D/blood OTO - NOTNLM OT - Heart failure OT - MNA OT - Nutritional screening OT - Vitamin D EDAT- 2019/01/09 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/06 06:00 CRDT- 2019/01/09 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/12/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0261-5614(18)32566-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.12.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Nutr. 2019 Dec;38(6):2740-2746. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.12.001. Epub 2018 Dec 10.