Abstract:
Objective To investigate the correlation of serum cystatin C (Cys-C), homocysteine (Hcy), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) with complicated atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with chronic heart failure.
Methods A total of 90 elderly patients with chronic heart failure were selected and divided into an atrial fibrillation group and a non-atrial fibrillation group based on whether they had atrial fibrillation, with 45 cases in each group.The demographic data, echocardiographic examination indicators, and laboratory test indicators of patients were collected.Univariate analysis was used to evaluate relevant indicators, multivariate logistic regression analysis was applied to explore the risk factors for complicated atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with chronic heart failure, and a risk prediction model for complicated atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with chronic heart failure was constructed.ROC curve was used to evaluate the predictive efficacy of the model, and calibration curve and decision curve were employed to evaluate the calibration and clinical utility of the model.
Results The differences of Cys-C, Hcy, BNP and left ventricular ejection fraction of patients between the two groups were statistically significant (P < 0.01).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that Cys-C, Hcy, and BNP were independent influencing factors for complicated atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).Cys-C, Hcy, and BNP were used as covariates X1, X2, X3 to obtain the expression formula of the prediction model as: Logit(P)=2.297 8-1.254 1×X1-1.446 8×X2-1.806 3×X3.The optimal probability prediction threshold of this model was 0.511, with a sensitivity of 73.3%, specificity of 82.2%, and AUC of 0.820 (95%CI: 0.732-0.909).Calibration curve analysis showed that the model had good predictive ability for atrial fibrillation, and decision curve analysis showed that the predictive model had good clinical utility.
Conclusions Serum Cys-C, Hcy, and BNP are significantly associated with complicated atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with chronic heart failure, and the constructed predictive model based on multivariate has good predictive value for complicated atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with chronic heart failure.