Research Article
Can Hypercholesterolemia Alter Euroscore II Predictivity in Smokers?
Tania Leme da Rocha Martinez1*, Anita LR Saldanha1, André Luis Valera Gasparoto1, Ana Paula Pantoja Margeotto1, Fernando Henrique Guarnieri2, Thomaz Braga Ceglias1 and Abel Pereira1
1Nephrology Department, BP - A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, Brazil
2IESP - UERJ - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tania Leme da Rocha Martinez, Department of Nephrology, BP - A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Received Date: March 17, 2020; Published Date: April 01, 2020
Abstract
Although EUROSCORE II is a strong predictor of mortality, it is not completely exact. The literature presents several examples in which this parameter collaborates, but does not provide conclusive predictability. From a database of 950 adult patients and of both sexes from an Intensive Care Unit of a large tertiary hospital, smokers were selected, classified according to exposure levels, in a number of 81 in total. A regression was then performed using a linear model of least squares. Controlled variables: gender, age, diabetes, hypertension, body mass index and primary or secondary prevention. Formula EUROSCORE II in smoking patients presented associations with cholesterol and hypertension levels, which, according to statistical analysis, were not confounding factors.
Keywords: EUROSCORE II; Risk models; Mortality; Cardiac surgery; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Hypertension; Smokers
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Tania Leme da RM, Anita LRS, André Luis VG, Ana Paula PM, Fernando HG, et al., Can Hypercholesterolemia Alter Euroscore II Predictivity in Smokers?. On J Cardio Res & Rep. 3(5): 2020. OJCRR.MS.ID.000571.