Incident frailty and cognitive impairment by heart failure status in older patients with atrial fibrillation: the SAGE-AF study
Authors
Wang, WeijiaLessard, Darleen M.
Saczynski, Jane
Goldberg, Robert J.
Go, Alan S.
Paul, Tenes
Gracia, Ely
McManus, David D.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-11-28Keywords
Atrial fibrillationCognitive impairment
Frailty
Heart failure
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Geriatrics
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) frequently co-occur in older individuals. Among patients with AF, HF increases risks for stroke and death, but the associations between HF and incident cognition and physical impairment remain unknown. We aimed to examine the cross-sectional and prospective associations between HF, cognition, and frailty among older patients with AF. Methods: The SAGE-AF (Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in AF) study enrolled 1244 patients with AF (mean age 76 years, 48% women) from five practices in Massachusetts and Georgia. HF at baseline was identified from electronic health records using ICD-9/10 codes. At baseline and 1-year, frailty was assessed by Cardiovascular Health Survey score and cognition was assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Results: Patients with prevalent HF (n = 463, 37.2%) were older, less likely to be non-Hispanic white, had less education, and had greater cardiovascular comorbidity burden and higher CHA2DS2VASC and HAS-BLED scores than patients without HF (all P's < 0.01). In multivariable adjusted regression models, HF (present vs. absent) was associated with both prevalent frailty (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 2.38, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.64-3.46) and incident frailty at 1 year (aOR: 2.48, 95% CI: 1.37-4.51). HF was also independently associated with baseline cognitive impairment (aOR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.22-2.11), but not with developing cognitive impairment at 1 year (aOR 1.04, 95%CI: 0.64-1.70). Conclusions: Among ambulatory older patients with AF, the co-existence of HF identifies individuals with physical and cognitive impairments who are at higher short-term risk for becoming frail. Preventive strategies to this vulnerable subgroup merit consideration.Source
Wang WJ, Lessard D, Saczynski J, Goldberg RJ, Go AS, Paul T, Gracia E, McManus DD. Incident frailty and cognitive impairment by heart failure status in older patients with atrial fibrillation: the SAGE-AF study. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2020 Nov 28;17(11):653-658. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2020.11.007. PMID: 33343643; PMCID: PMC7729184. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2020.11.007Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/41674PubMed ID
33343643Related Resources
Rights
Copyright and License information: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 2020. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Distribution License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2020.11.007
Scopus Count
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Copyright and License information: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 2020. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/