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SUBMITTER: van der Wal HH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868426 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van der Wal Haye H HH Grote Beverborg Niels N Dickstein Kenneth K Anker Stefan D SD Lang Chim C CC Ng Leong L LL van Veldhuisen Dirk J DJ Voors Adriaan A AA van der Meer Peter P
European heart journal 20191101 44
<h4>Aims</h4>Iron deficiency (ID) is common in heart failure (HF) patients and negatively impacts symptoms and prognosis. The aetiology of ID in HF is largely unknown. We studied determinants and the biomarker profile of ID in a large international HF cohort.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We studied 2357 worsening HF patients from the BIOSTAT-CHF cohort. ID was defined as transferrin saturation <20%. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to identify determinants ...[more]