Can Hypercholesterolemia Alter Euroscore II Predictivity in Smokers?

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