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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-5633</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Colomb. Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-5633</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiologia. Oficina de Publicaciones]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-56332022000300303</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/rccar.20000002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Mortality markers in outpatients diagnosed with heart failure]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Marcadores de mortalidad en pacientes ambulatorios con diagnóstico de insuficiencia cardíaca]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gudiño-Gomezjurado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Álvaro F.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Buitrón-Andrade]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[René]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,"Hospital San Vicente de Paúl" Servicio de Medicina Interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,"Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador" Departamento de Epidemiología y Bioestadística ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>29</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>303</fpage>
<lpage>309</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-56332022000300303&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-56332022000300303&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-56332022000300303&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Heart failure is a global health problem. In Ecuador it is estimated that between 1% and 2% of the population suffers this disease.  Objective: To determine mortality markers in outpatients with a diagnosis of heart failure in the Ecuadorian Andean population.  Methods: A cross-sectional and monocentric study was carried out in 230 mestizo, indigenous and Afro-descendant patients diagnosed with heart failure. The differences between the three ethnic groups were statistically analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Crammer’s V test. Additionally, a logistic regression analysis was performed.  Results: The predominant ethnic group was mestizo (73.5%), followed by indigenous people (15.5%) and afro-descendants (10.5%). The logistic regression analysis showed that age (OR: 1.046; 95% CI: 1.014-1.078; p = 0.04), ethnicity (OR: 1.713; 95% CI: 1.053-2.78; p = 0.030), the presence of atrial fibrillation (OR: 2.711; 95% CI: 1.03-7.12; p = 0.042) and the number of hospitalizations (OR: 3.026; 95% CI: 1.85-4.94; p = 0.000), were markers of poor prognosis. On the other hand, mean arterial pressure (OR: 0.969; 95% CI: 0.94-0.99; p = 0.010), absence of ischemic cerebrovascular event (OR: 0.15; 95% CI: 0.48-0.527; p = 0.03) and total cholesterol levels (OR: 0.991; 95% CI: 0.987-0.996; p = 0.000) were protection markers.  Conclusions: In this population, ethnicity, atrial fibrillation, mean arterial pressure, ischemic cerebrovascular event, total cholesterol levels and the number of hospitalizations were established as mortality markers in outpatients diagnosed with heart failure.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: La insuficiencia cardíaca es un problema de salud global. En Ecuador se estima que entre el 1 y el 2% de la población padece esta enfermedad.  Objetivo: determinar los marcadores de mortalidad en los pacientes ambulatorios con diagnóstico de insuficiencia cardíaca en población andina ecuatoriana.  Métodos: Se llevó a cabo un estudio transversal y monocéntrico en 230 pacientes mestizos, indígenas y afrodescendientes diagnosticados con insuficiencia cardíaca. Las diferencias entre los tres grupos étnicos fueron analizadas estadísticamente por ANOVA unidireccional y el test V de Crammer. Adicionalmente, se realizó un análisis de regresión logística.  Resultados: El grupo étnico predominante fue el mestizo (73,5%), seguido por el indígena (15,5%) y por el afrodescendiente (10,5%). El análisis de regresión logística mostró que la edad (OR: 1,046; IC 95%: 1,014-1,078; p = 0,04), la etnia (OR: 1,713; IC 95%: 1,053-2,78; p = 0,030), la presencia de fibrilación auricular (OR: 2,711; IC 95%: 1,03-7,12; p = 0,042) y el número de hospitalizaciones (OR: 3,026; IC 95%: 1,85-4,94; p = 0,000), fueron marcadores de mal pronóstico. Por otro lado, la presión arterial media (OR: 0,969; IC 95%: 0,94-0,99; p = 0,010), la ausencia de evento cerebrovascular isquémico (OR: 0,15; IC 95%: 0,48-0,527; p = 0,03) y los niveles de colesterol total (OR 0,991; IC 95%: 0,987-0,996; p = 0,000) fueron marcadores de protección.  Conclusiones: En esta población, la etnia, la fibrilación auricular, la presión arterial media, el evento cerebrovascular isquémico, el colesterol total y el número de hospitalizaciones se configuraron como marcadores de mortalidad en pacientes ambulatorios con diagnóstico de insuficiencia cardíaca.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Heart failure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ethnicity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mortality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prognosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Insuficiencia cardiaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Etnia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mortalidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pronóstico]]></kwd>
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