The Relationship Between Mitral Annular Calcification and Controlling Nutritional Status Score

• Published in: Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 908 - 913
• Main Authors: Büber, İpek, Adalı, Mehmet Koray, Kaya, Derya, Kılıç, İsmail Doğu, Yılmaz, Samet, Dursunoğlu, Dursun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Atherosclerosis; Blood platelets; Calcification; CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid arteries; Cholesterol; Chronic Diseases; Chronic illnesses; Confidence intervals; Correlation analysis; Creatinine; Heart surgery; Heart Valve Diseases; High density lipoprotein; Inflammation; Lipoproteins; Lymphocytes; Mitral Valve; Neutrophils; Nutrition Assessment; Nutrition Status; Nutritional status; Original; Regression analysis; Severity of Illness Index; Statistical analysis; SURGERY; Vein & artery diseases; Heart Valve Diseases; Severity of Illness Index; Mitral Valve; Chronic Diseases; Nutrition Status; Nutrition Assessment
• ISSN: 1678-9741; 0102-7638; 1678-9741
• DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0443

The relationship between mitral annular calcification (MAC) and the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score has not been previously studied. In this study, we investigated the relationship between MAC and CONUT score to evaluate the nutritional status of patients with MAC. A total of 275 patients, including 150 patients with MAC and 125 patients without MAC, who presented to a cardiology outpatient clinic were enrolled in the study. There was no difference in the CONUT score between the two groups. Correlation analysis indicated that CONUT score was positively correlated with left atrial (LA) diameter (r=0.190, P=0.020) and interventricular septum thickness (r=0.179, P=0.028) in the MAC+ group. In multivariate regression analysis, only LA diameter (odds ratio 95% confidence interval = 1,054-1,189, P=0.0001) was independently associated with MAC. The present study investigated the relationship between CONUT score and MAC for the first time in the literature. We demonstrated that CONUT score was not significantly higher in patients with MAC without chronic diseases. However, CONUT score was correlated with LA diameter in patients with MAC. We therefore conclude that, for patients admitted with MAC and high LA diameter, CONUT is a valuable nutritional and inflammatory status index.